linux-kernel - Re: video (VGA) object-files unconditionally built/included?

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Message-ID: <49E1026F.3030006@zytor.com>
Date:	Sat, 11 Apr 2009 13:49:51 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Dag Bakke <dag@...ke.com>
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: video (VGA) object-files unconditionally built/included?

Dag Bakke wrote:
> 
> So the videobits appear to be built and added on to the kernel image
> after the main chunk gets compressed. And the size of the video*.o
> objects sums up to 87k.
> 
> If my reasoning is too stupid for words, would you mind providing a
> graphical illustration of my stupidity?  :-)
> 

It's not our job to do yours for you.

*.o files contain a LOT of metadata.  The "size" command tells you the
real size.

	-hpa

-- 
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.

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