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

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Message-ID: <49E016EB.3000800@zytor.com>
Date:	Fri, 10 Apr 2009 21:04:59 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	Dag Bakke <dag@...ke.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: video (VGA) object-files unconditionally built/included?

Andrew Morton wrote:
>>
>> The video* objects sums up to 87kB. Can I get rid of that somehow? I am
>> using current git.
>>
>> This is my .config:
>> http://tapas.homeip.net/~dagb/tiny.config
> 
> I don't think those video things end up consuming memory after the
> kernel has booted?
> 

They aren't.  Plus, they don't add up to 87K -- more like 13K.

	-hpa
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