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From: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 11:15:06 +0100
Subject: [Buildroot] kernel size
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Le Sun, 2 Nov 2008 23:10:37 +0100,
"steve caster" <steve@c2root.be> a ?crit :

> I am trying to build a kernel with buildroot and are using a separate
> .config file which I made myself. The kernel is working, yet is about
> 90MB is size. This is unbelievable as I nearly don't have any
> modules. What could make is so big?

By chance, aren't you using an initramfs, included in the kernel, which
contains your root filesystem ? That could easily explain the large
size of your kernel image.

This is something that is done automatically by Buildroot if you
enabled BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_INITRAMFS.

Sincerly,

Thomas
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