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    SubjectRe: x86: removing zImage support?
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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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