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SubjectRe: Huge Kernel !!!
Shashank Banerjee wrote:
>
> Dear People,
>
> I have to complie Linux kernel version 2.1.126 as part of a project
> here.
>
> The problem, I am facing here is that:
>
> Even with bare minimum modules and dependencies and 'make bzImage' the
> kernel is a whooping 1.4 MB!!!
>
> The configuration of the machines are as follows:
>
> (i) 486DX2/66 MHz / 16 MB RAM
> Currently running: Linux Kernel 2.0.36-0.7
> gcc version 2.7.2.3-14
>
> (ii) Pentium-MMX/200 MHz/ 40 MB RAM
> Currently running: Linux Kernel 2.0.36-3
> gcc version: 2.7.2.3-14
>
> Would appreciate help on this one...
> Thanks in advance...
>
> Regards,
> Shashank Banerjee
>

You are refering to ./vmlinux?
Would make sense to have a look at ./arch/i386/boot/bzImage.
This should be quite smaller.

Robert

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