Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 14 Sep 2003 21:02:17 -0400 (EDT) | From | Zwane Mwaikambo <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] 2.6 workaround for Athlon/Opteron prefetch errata |
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On Sun, 14 Sep 2003, bill davidsen wrote:
> We just got a start on making Linux smaller to encourage embedded use, I > don't see adding 300+ bytes of wasted code so people can run > misconfigured kernels. > > I rather have to patch this in for my Athlon kernels than have people > who aren't cutting corners trying to avoid building matching kernels > have to live with the overhead.
Overhead? Really you could save more memory by cleaning up a lot of drivers. Andi already said it before, there are better places to be looking at.
Also 'patching' for Athlon kernels doesn't cut it for people who need to distribute kernels which run on various hardware (such as distros). This alone is benefit enough to justify this supposed 'bloat'. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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