Messages in this thread | | | From | Dmitry Torokhov <> | Subject | Re: [2.6 patch] make UNIX a bool | Date | Tue, 28 Feb 2006 22:09:52 -0500 |
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On Monday 27 February 2006 17:29, Adrian Bunk wrote: > On Mon, Feb 27, 2006 at 05:18:06PM -0500, James C. Georgas wrote: > > On Sat, 2006-25-02 at 17:01 +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > > CONFIG_UNIX=m doesn't make much sense. > > > > I've been building it as a module forever. I often load kernels from > > floppy disk, and building CONFIG_UNIX as a module often makes the > > difference between the kernel fitting or not fitting on the disk. Could > > we please keep this functionality? > > If size is important for you, you should consider completely disabling > module support in your kernels: > > In my testing, disabling module support brings you a space gain in the > range of 10%. >
This only matters when you tight on memory - in the scenario above memory may not be a great concern but kernel image size is because modules could go on other medium.
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