> "Svetoslav Slavtchev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > so the bloat started with 9.1 ? > > > > > > > > can you check > > > > grep "CONFIG_KALLSYMS" /boot/config-* > > > > > > the bloat really was acpi support out of the box > > > > acpi is about 120k that's true, > > but acpi doesn't say : > > " the kernel size will increase with 10-20 %" > > which is indeed true > > acpi was the one than enlarge kernel the most in last mdk releases.. > once acpi was integrated, there was almost no free space availlable on > the floppy. > it only need few enhancements to core drivers to exceed the floppy > size... > > note that there's also another culprit: the bootsplash that enlarge > quite lot the initrd
ok, but disabling CONFIG_KALLSYMS does reduce the size with ~200k and probably with most filesystems one would be able to create boot floppy > > PS. > > there is one related thred on lkml may be > > "Where's the bzip2 compressed linux-kernel patch?" > > might be interesting to include it ? > > > > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=106645478400001&r=1&w=2 > > http://shepard.kicks-ass.net/~cc/ > > memory issues (need to allocatite much ram in real mode and the > like) ... > from the thread i had the impression that it does slow a bit the boot process (until the kernel is decompressed) but it does work on any i586 did i missed smth ? svetljo PS. there was also i patch + thread for config option to compile with Os for 2.6 and i don't really know what could be done for the 2.6 case a generic kernel is about 1600-1700k :( -- NEU F�R ALLE - GMX MediaCenter - f�r Fotos, Musik, Dateien... Fotoalbum, File Sharing, MMS, Multimedia-Gru�, GMX FotoService Jetzt kostenlos anmelden unter http://www.gmx.net +++ GMX - die erste Adresse f�r Mail, Message, More! +++
