Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 12 Dec 2003 08:44:43 -0700 | From | Tom Rini <> | Subject | Re: [ANNOUNCE] -tiny tree for small systems (2.6.0-test11) |
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On Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 09:37:34PM -0600, Matt Mackall wrote:
> This is the first release of a new kernel tree dubbed '-tiny' (someone > already took -mm). The aim of this tree is to collect patches that > reduce kernel disk and memory footprint as well as tools for working > on small systems, an area Linux mainstream has been moving away from > since Linus got a real job. Target users are things like embedded > systems, small or legacy desktop folks, and handhelds. > > To get the ball rolling, I've thrown in about 50 patches that trim > various bits of the kernel, almost all configurable, and a fair number > may eventually be appropriate for mainline. All the config options are > currently thrown under CONFIG_EMBEDDED and many of the minor tweaks > are covered under a set of config options called CONFIG_CORE_SMALL, > CONFIG_NET_SMALL, and CONFIG_CONSOLE_SMALL. > > Nifty things I've included: > - building with -Os > - 4k process stacks (via -wli) > - configurable removal of printk, BUG, and panic() strings > - configurable HZ > - configurable support for vm86, core dumps, kcore, sysfs, aio, etc. > - a very nice kmalloc auditing system via /proc/kmalloc > - auditing of bootmem usage > - a system for counting inline instantiations > - my netpoll/netconsole patches > - my drivers/char/random fixups
I'd like to suggest you check out the "tweaks" idea I tossed out here: http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0211.0/2229.html If this sounds interesting, I've got a version of the patch (albeit old and not applying directly right now I bet) that moved things into header files and got all of the dependancy stuff correct except for the initial run (so I think I was forcing an update with any make invocation, but there were no spurious recompiles).
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