Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Re: crc32 and lib.a (was Re: [PATCH] nbd in 2.5.3 does | From | (Eric W. Biederman) | Date | 02 Feb 2002 21:14:33 -0700 |
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Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> writes:
> > As a side note, this thing is so tiny (less than 4K on sparc64!) so > > why don't we just include it unconditionally instead of having all > > of this "turn it on for these drivers" stuff? > > Because 100 4K drivers suddenly becomes 0.5Mb. There are those of us trying > to stuff Linux into embedded devices who if anything want more configuration > options not people taking stuff out. > > What I'd much rather see if this is an issue is: > > bool 'Do you want to customise for a very small system' > > which auto enables all the random small stuff if you say no, and goes > much deeper into options if you say yes.
I mostly agree. Except when I have looked at trying to get the kernel (compiled size down) the biggest bloat was in the core. Things like having both a page and a block cache.
Getting code reuse in the core higher would cut down on kernel size a lot. But that isn't quick fix territory.
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