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Message-Id: <200806232112.30393.vda.linux@googlemail.com>
Date:	Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:12:30 +0200
From:	Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@...glemail.com>
To:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
Cc:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>,
	linux-embedded@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Tim Bird <tim.bird@...sony.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/1] Embedded Maintainer(s), linux-embedded@...r list

On Monday 23 June 2008 20:57, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> > > I agree. And if we do want to pay attention to pure code size, there are
> > > other approaches -- like --gc-sections
> > 
> > I have some patches in this area too. Were submitted to Sam
> > but he was too busy it seems.
>
> They were not trivial to apply and so went down on the TODO list.

I realize that they were not trivial to review, but that
was unavoidable. They were even more not trivial to create.

> We could try to push the generic and x86 specific .lds stuff via
> the arch maintainers?

IIRC I splitted the entire GC collection patch in a way
that first patches were doing exactly this easier first part
and I hoped that at least these first patches
will be taken. They were big, but somewhat trivial,
from "it's obviously safe" department.

Had they been applied, now making --gc-sections to work
would be easier.
--
vda

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