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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v4 2/2] MIPS: make FPU emulator optional
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On Mon, Apr 07, 2014 at 09:37:42AM -0700, Florian Fainelli wrote:

> There are some braindead bootloaders out there that will only allow
> for a small kernel partition, while the rootfs partition can virtually
> span the remainder of the available flash space... and all sorts of
> crazy designs like these.

In a case like that 50k are going to buy you a release or two of Moore's
law applied to kernel bloat.

How making the FPU emu a module?

  Ralf