linux-kernel - Re: [2.6 patch] remove mca-pentium

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Date:	Fri, 15 Feb 2008 02:41:19 +0200
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com, hpa@...or.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] remove mca-pentium

On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 01:27:36AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>...
> btw., it would be nice if someone could try a "smallest possible, but 
> still usable" x86 kernel.
> 
> the smallest one i could do, and which was still usable via the 
> networking, is the config below. It has a vmlinux of:
> 
>      text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
>   1330285  146512   69632 1546429  1798bd vmlinux
>...

"still usable" depends much on the use case - you might e.g. not have 
to bloat the kernel with CONFIG_BLOCK=y if it's for a machine without 
block devices.

> 	Ingo
>...

cu
Adrian

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