RE: [RFC 0/5] ath79: add a lower RAM-using version of 8/32 devices

2020-12-06 Thread Adrian Schmutzler
> Having all this features diabled gives for the kernel of a Nanostation M XM > ubnt_nanostation-m-kernel.bin: > - ath79-generic: 1792151 > - ath79-tiny: 1500108 > vmlinux: > - ath79-generic: 5588220 > - ath79-tiny: 4687644 > > So a bit more than 16% smaller size, or 900k absolute. A

RE: [RFC 0/5] ath79: add a lower RAM-using version of 8/32 devices

2020-12-06 Thread Adrian Schmutzler
> I agree, that some of the "small_flash" defaults are probably not the optimal > choice for 8MB-flash devices. > A new subtarget might be an option, but is it really worth to define a new > one for "deprecated" boards? Esp. as it's to be expected that both will vanish > in the release following

Re: [RFC 0/5] ath79: add a lower RAM-using version of 8/32 devices

2020-12-06 Thread Sven Roederer
Am Sonntag, 6. Dezember 2020, 11:03:56 CET schrieb Baptiste Jonglez: > Hi, > > On 06-12-20, Sven Roederer wrote: > > Currently 8MB flash / 32MB RAM devices are fully supported in OpenWrt, as > > they work quite well for basic usage (including full LuCI). > > On some projects with advanced

Re: [RFC 0/5] ath79: add a lower RAM-using version of 8/32 devices

2020-12-06 Thread Sven Roederer
@lists.openwrt.org > > Subject: [RFC 0/5] ath79: add a lower RAM-using version of 8/32 devices > > > > Currently 8MB flash / 32MB RAM devices are fully supported in OpenWrt, as > > they work quite well for basic usage (including full LuCI). > > On some projects with

RE: [RFC 0/5] ath79: add a lower RAM-using version of 8/32 devices

2020-12-06 Thread Adrian Schmutzler
> -Original Message- > From: openwrt-devel [mailto:openwrt-devel-boun...@lists.openwrt.org] > On Behalf Of Sven Roederer > Sent: Sonntag, 6. Dezember 2020 02:07 > To: openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org > Subject: [RFC 0/5] ath79: add a lower RAM-using version of 8/32 devi

Re: [RFC 0/5] ath79: add a lower RAM-using version of 8/32 devices

2020-12-06 Thread Baptiste Jonglez
Hi, On 06-12-20, Sven Roederer wrote: > Currently 8MB flash / 32MB RAM devices are fully supported in OpenWrt, as they > work quite well for basic usage (including full LuCI). > On some projects with advanced features (e.g. Freifunk) the lack of RAM turns > them into unstable devices. Mostly

[RFC 0/5] ath79: add a lower RAM-using version of 8/32 devices

2020-12-05 Thread Sven Roederer
Currently 8MB flash / 32MB RAM devices are fully supported in OpenWrt, as they work quite well for basic usage (including full LuCI). On some projects with advanced features (e.g. Freifunk) the lack of RAM turns them into unstable devices. Mostly caused by several OOM problems per day. This