Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: x86: removing zImage support? | From | Andi Kleen <> | Date | Wed, 11 Mar 2009 02:15:44 +0100 |
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"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> writes:
> I'm thinking again about removing zImage support. An "allnoconfig" > kernel (with CONFIG_EMBEDDED=y to expose additional knobs, and > CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y so it can do anything at all) is currently 487K on > i386 -- very close to the upper limit of 512K for zImage.
An alternative would be to do a concentrated effort to get rid of text bloat again. I bet it could be stripped down to much below that again by just attacking some low hanging fruit.
-Andi
-- ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only.
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