Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 5 Oct 2002 17:44:38 -0700 | From | William Lee Irwin III <> | Subject | Re: The end of embedded Linux? |
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On Sat, Oct 05, 2002 at 12:36:50PM -0700, Gigi Duru wrote: > As an embedded developer, I can't stand bloat. I think > an OS designer should feel the same, and develop in a > fully modular and configurable manner, going for both > speed and size. For a long time I've felt that Linux > has got it right, but lately I'm not that sure > anymore.
Identifying the portions of the kernel with the largest codesize and/or static data size would help other developers accommodate your needs. Similarly for dynamic boot-time and runtime allocations.
Even better, if you yourself took action to correct this regression it would be as welcome as any other Linux development activity.
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