Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 6 Jun 2005 13:43:42 +0200 | From | Willy Tarreau <> | Subject | Re: Easy trick to reduce kernel footprint |
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On Mon, Jun 06, 2005 at 07:07:43AM -0400, Wakko Warner wrote:
> My initramfs is passed via initrd so that I can change any aspect of it with > out recompiling the kernel (or maybe i could use a better understanding of > initramfs) I compared bzImage to bupxImage and the savings I got was around > 50kb difference IIRC.
With what algo and what kernel size ? With the close-source upx-1.93 linked with the NRV compression, I often observe an average 15-20% gain on the bzImage size if it does not embed an initramfs. I remember that the UCL library was not as good as the NRV, so I've stopped using it a long time ago.
Regards, Willy
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