linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Configure out DMI scanning code v2 (Linux Tiny)

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Date:	Sun, 17 Feb 2008 18:59:54 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>,
	thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com, tglx@...utronix.de,
	hpa@...or.com, Linux-tiny@...enic.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Configure out DMI scanning code v2 (Linux Tiny)


* Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:

> On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:56:45 -0600
> Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > On Tue, 2008-02-12 at 10:04 +0100, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> > 
> > > Turn CONFIG_DMI into a selectable option if EMBEDDED is defined, in
> > > order to be able to remove the DMI table scanning code if it's not
> > > needed, and then reduce the kernel code size.
> > > 
> > > With CONFIG_DMI (i.e before) :
> > > 
> > >    text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
> > > 1076076  128656   98304 1303036  13e1fc vmlinux
> > > 
> > > Without CONFIG_DMI (i.e after) :
> > > 
> > >    text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
> > > 1068092  126308   98304 1292704  13b9a0 vmlinux
> > > 
> > > Result:
> > > 
> > >    text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
> > >   -7984   -2348       0  -10332   -285c vmlinux
> > > 
> > > The new option appears in "Processor type and features", only when
> > > CONFIG_EMBEDDED is defined.
> 
> Given this:
> 
> > > This patch is part of the Linux Tiny project, and is based on previous
> > > work done by Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>.
> 
> 
> > Acked-by: Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>
> 
> That should have been "Signed-off-by:".  I'll speculatively make that 
> change.

for the x86 bits:

Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>

	Ingo
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