Quoting Josh Triplett (j...@joshtriplett.org): > On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 08:23:23AM -0500, Serge Hallyn wrote: > > Quoting Alex Kelly (alex.page.ke...@gmail.com): > > > Adds an expert Kconfig option, CONFIG_COREDUMP, which allows disabling of > > > core dump. > > > This saves approximately 2.6k in the compiled kernel, and complements > > > CONFIG_ELF_CORE, > > > which now depends on it. > > > > Is there another reason than the 2.6k to do this? My kernels range > > between 4.8 and 5M, so that's .05% size savings? > > A kitchen-sink kernel might take up that much space, but you can build a > minimal embedded kernel that only takes up ~200k, at which point 2.6k > represents a >1% decrease. Add a few more changes like this, and those > decreases start to add up. At this point, no one thing you can chop out > of the kernel will give you a 100k decrease by itself; you need a pile > of changes like this one to do that. > > - Josh Triplett
I see. That's an order of magnitude smaller than what i figured you'd get with a reasonable kernel :) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
