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Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 02:15:44 +0100 From: Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org> To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com> Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@...nel.org> Subject: Re: x86: removing zImage support? "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com> writes: > I'm thinking again about removing zImage support. An "allnoconfig" > kernel (with CONFIG_EMBEDDED=y to expose additional knobs, and > CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y so it can do anything at all) is currently 487K on > i386 -- very close to the upper limit of 512K for zImage. An alternative would be to do a concentrated effort to get rid of text bloat again. I bet it could be stripped down to much below that again by just attacking some low hanging fruit. -Andi -- ak@...ux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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