Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 1 Mar 2006 18:58:52 +0100 | From | Adrian Bunk <> | Subject | Re: [2.6 patch] make UNIX a bool |
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On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 10:09:52PM -0500, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > 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.
It does also matter in the kernel image size case, since you have to put enough modules to the other medium for having a effect bigger than the kernel image size increase from setting CONFIG_MODULES=y.
> Dmitry
cu Adrian
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