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From:   Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
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On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 11:15:40PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:

> > 
> > That's probably more of an implementation detail.  I'm more concerned about
> > the overall bloat.  I think many embedded users are so addivted to benchmark
> > results that this going to make or break the whole scheme.
> 
> If you can make relocation a configuration option (as on x86), it would
> allow distributions to build multiplatform kernels without preventing
> embedded users from building a kernel optimised for their specific
> system.  But I know very little about MIPS or how intrusive the changes
> for relocation would have to be.  Perhaps it would be too much of a
> maintenance burden to make this an option.

The scope of the changes is relativly limited - we're much more concerned
about the impact on binary size, memory size or performance of the
various approaches under discussion.

I wonder kernels for which platforms would Debian want to unify?

  Ralf