Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 20 Sep 2007 14:22:37 -0700 | From | "Jared Hulbert" <> | Subject | Re: [Announce] Linux-tiny project revival |
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> > I think that this idea is not worth it.
Don't use the config option then....
> My problem is that switching off printk is the single biggest bloat cutter in > the kernel, yet it makes the resulting system very hard to support. It > combines a big upside with a big downside, and I'd like something in between.
It's not such a big downside IMHO. You can support a kernel without printk. Need to debug the kernel without printk? Use a JTAG debugger...
If you have a system that actually configures out printk's, chances are you don't have storage and output mechanisms to do much with the messages anyway. Think embedded _products_ here. Sure the development boards have serial, ethernet, and all that jazz but tens of millions of ARM based gadgets don't. - 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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