linux-kernel - Re: [patch 03/26] Dynamic kernel command-line

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Date:	Fri, 19 Jan 2007 13:38:14 +0100
From:	Bernhard Walle <bwalle@...e.de>
To:	Tomas Carnecky <tom@...ervice.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Alon Bar-Lev <alon.barlev@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [patch 03/26] Dynamic kernel command-line - arm

* Russell King <rmk+lkml@....linux.org.uk> [2007-01-18 16:23]:
> 
> However, there is a bigger question here: that is the tradeoff between
> making this variable part of the on-disk kernel image, but throw away
> the memory at runtime, or to leave it in the BSS where it will not be
> part of the on-disk kernel image, but will not be thrown away at
> runtime.

Are 1024 bytes of a bigger kernel image really a problem? And even,
normally kernel images are compressed, and compressing 1024 zeros
can be compressed very well.

I think saving memory is more important than saving disk space. I know
that most ARM device use flash disk, but also most ARM devices have
limited RAM.

Regards,
  Bernhard

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