but wouldn't the increase in the kernel image actually equal the
decrease in the squash image and therefore the size of the rootfs_data
stay the same? Both are lzma compressed.

..ede


On 10.05.2010 19:16, Matthias Buecher / Germany wrote:
> It may not downsize the packages themselves, but moving kernel mods from
> rootfs to the kernel image will reduce the rootfs size. Leaving more
> space for JFFS2 rootfs_data.
> 
> Having a "K" setting for kernel options would be great.
> Will try to have a look at it during the next weeks.
> 
> Thanks for all your help
> Maddes
> 
> On 10.05.2010 17:20, edgar.sol...@web.de wrote:
>> there is partly in
>> https://dev.openwrt.org/browser/trunk/include/kernel-defaults.mk
>> line 101
>>
>> you can actually add
>> CONFIG_KERNEL_*
>> entries to your .config and they are copied over as CONFIG_* to the
>> kernel config. All that's missing is a menuconfig interface for that.
>>
>> But at least for routers using lzma squashfs for the initial image this
>> will probably not downsize anything.
>>
>> .. ede
>>
>>
>> On 10.05.2010 16:19, Stefan Monnier wrote:
>>>> In 'make menuconfig' I included them with 'Y' instead of 'M'.
>>>> According to my (newbie) knowledge that adds them to the kernel image.
>>>> Can somebody please confirm my understanding? Or at least prove me
>>>> wrong? :D
>>>
>>> Damn! I thought you had found a clever way to get them compiled into
>>> the kernel.
>>> I still hope some day someone will write the extra code needed so that
>>> "make menuconfig" can be told to build some modules right into
>>> the kernel.
>>>
>>>
>>>          Stefan
>>>
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