Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 25 Oct 1999 17:56:21 -0400 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: /proc/pci unknown devices |
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Dan Hollis wrote: > For those running embedded pci systems the extra 35kb of wasted text > strings is not really nice. Especially if you are going to have to ROM the > image. For some users this could make the difference between kernel too > large for lilo, and one that works.
Keeping the names in the kernel eliminates the need for pciutils in many embedded systems, making it the better choice!
> I thought we were trying to avoid M$-thinking, or is redmond starting to > influence developers, "16kb here, 32kb there, it won't matter".
32k of __initdata, _before_ it is compressed, is not a bad deal.
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