Messages in this thread |  | | From | "Albert D. Cahalan" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] 2.2: /proc/config.gz | Date | Thu, 31 Aug 2000 14:16:09 -0400 (EDT) |
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Alan Cox writes:
>> where you overwrite your old kernel image with a new one without >> rebooting instantly). >> >> But is it so much more expensive than a /proc/config.whatever ? > > Use that argument 50 times and your kernel has grown 100K.
If I get the same level of benefit 50 times, wonderful!
With /proc/config.gz, there is no need to wonder where the previous admin stored his config file.
> Unfortunately everyone keeps using the argument and forgetting > the cumulative effect
The effect is additive, not multiplicative. Considering the exponential nature of Moore's Law, additive bloat is no bloat at all.
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