Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 15 Sep 2004 12:11:10 +0200 | From | Herbert Poetzl <> | Subject | Re: /proc/config reducing kernel image size |
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On Tue, Sep 14, 2004 at 08:01:24PM +0200, DervishD wrote: > 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.
well, the kernel config uses it, to decide if some option is known, or has to be defaulted/asked
try to remove one of those 'comments' from a config and run 'make oldconfig', you'll get asked for this specific option ...
best, Herbert
> > 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 > > -- > Linux Registered User 88736 > http://www.pleyades.net & http://raul.pleyades.net/ > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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