Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 14 Sep 2004 20:01:24 +0200 | From | DervishD <> | Subject | Re: /proc/config reducing kernel image size |
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Hi Tom :)
* Tom Fredrik Blenning Klaussen <bfg-kernel@blenning.no> dixit: > > > There is no point in storing all the comments and unused options in the > > > kernel image. This typically reduces the config size to about 1/5th > > > before compressing, and to about 1/4th after compressing. > > I'm with you in that there is no point in storing the comments, > > but I disagree about the unused options. Storing the unused options > > as comments is more useful than it seems ;) > This is why I added a config option.
But removing the comments is a good idea. Even reformatting the contents, or something like that.
> > I'm not really sure about it, but I think that the unset options > > are left as comments for the sake of automation. The space saving > > doesn't (IMHO) worth the pain. > I'm not sure either, but I don't know of any programs that uses this.
Neither do I.
> Putting this config file inside the same source tree as it was compiled > with, and then just starting and stopping menuconfig will restore it to > it's original form.
That's true.
Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado
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