Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: Possible kernel optimization | From | Andi Kleen <> | Date | 13 Dec 1996 14:54:57 +0100 |
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Tekno Soft Snc <MC3641@mclink.it> writes:
> It is possible to fit all the driver initialization & probing code in a > separate ELF section that can be discarded after kernel initializations ? > > This code, after the kernel initialization, is unused, why don't free it ? > > Yes! We need to modify all driver initialization code, but I think this > solution can be able to free 1/5 or 1/6 of the kernel size, specialy in > a big kernel.
This is already in the sparc port (available on vger.rutgers.edu). So it should be part of 2.1 soon.
-Andi
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