2012/4/24 Ezequiel García <elezegar...@gmail.com>: > Hi, > > 2012/4/24 Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri <barbi...@profusion.mobi>: >>> It seems Linux is not aiming that low after all, however a little >>> effort to try to un-bloat the current >>> state of things can't hurt, right? >> >> Do you know the state of uCLinux, when those options are enabled it >> should be better, no? Or 1.5Mb is with such options? > > To avoid confusion: uclinux is basically a linux distribution; it is > made of a linux kernel and a filesystem. > The kernel included in latest uclinux distribution file is 3.x series, > and it is pretty much equally to a vanilla > kernel (as compiled from git).
Yes, to my understanding ucLinux was merged into vanilla Linux during 2.6 development, but it was the options hidden under a global flag. These flags would enable remove MMU and other parts. Confirm? > So, when compiling for m68k (coldfire) with just the bare minimum > options enabled: block layer, console drivers, > romfs, I got a 1.5 MB kernel. I was shocked by the bigness of the > number, but it doesn't seem to be easily > reduced. > > And we are not even talking about dynamic footprint, or filesystem > requirements! Ouch, too much indeed :-( -- Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri http://profusion.mobi embedded systems -------------------------------------- MSN: barbi...@gmail.com Skype: gsbarbieri Mobile: +55 (19) 9225-2202 _______________________________________________ Celinux-dev mailing list Celinux-dev@lists.celinuxforum.org https://lists.celinuxforum.org/mailman/listinfo/celinux-dev
