Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 3 Jun 2008 08:00:16 +0100 | From | Jamie Lokier <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] console - Add configurable support for console charset translation |
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H. Peter Anvin wrote: > Tim Bird wrote: > >With CONSOLE_TRANSLATIONS turned off, this saves about 6K > >on my kernel configured for an ARM development board (OMAP > >5912 OSK). In embedded products I'm familiar with, > >console translations are not needed. > > On most embedded products I'm familiar with, you wouldn't have virtual > consoles at all...?
On anything with a framebuffer, VCs are quite handy for debugging. Saving 6k won't save the world on those devices, but each little bit helps - especially due to no-MMU fragmentation.
-- Jamie
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