From: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>
To: Mikael Starvik <mikael.starvik@axis.com>
Cc: "'Randy.Dunlap'" <rddunlap@osdl.org>,
"'linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org'" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
"'tinglett@vnet.ibm.com'" <tinglett@vnet.ibm.com>,
"'torvalds@transmeta.com'" <torvalds@transmeta.com>
Subject: Re: zImage now holds vmlinux, System.map and config in sections. (fwd)
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 09:25:20 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030225092520.A9257@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3C6BEE8B5E1BAC42905A93F13004E8AB017DE84C@mailse01.axis.se>; from mikael.starvik@axis.com on Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 07:28:46AM +0100
On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 07:28:46AM +0100, Mikael Starvik wrote:
> >I don't know linker scripts very well.
> >Can this be done for all architectures?
> >I'd like to see a solution that is arch-independent.
>
> In embedded systems it is probably not desirable to keep
> System.map and config in zImage (takes too much valuable space).
Agreed - zImage is already around 1MB on many ARM machines, and since
loading zImage over a serial port using xmodem takes long enough
already, this is one silly feature I'll definitely keep out of the
ARM tree.
--
Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk) The developer of ARM Linux
http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-02-25 9:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-02-25 6:28 zImage now holds vmlinux, System.map and config in sections. (fwd) Mikael Starvik
2003-02-25 9:25 ` Russell King [this message]
2003-02-25 11:07 ` Ville Herva
2003-02-25 11:35 ` Russell King
2003-02-25 12:03 ` Ville Herva
2003-02-25 14:34 ` Jeremy Jackson
2003-02-26 18:41 ` Peter Bergner
2003-02-25 22:00 ` Bryan Andersen
2003-02-25 12:50 ` Remco Post
2003-02-25 13:35 ` Russell King
2003-02-25 16:38 ` Randy.Dunlap
2003-02-25 17:52 ` Russell King
2003-02-26 20:01 ` Todd Inglett
2003-02-26 20:45 ` Peter Bergner
2003-02-25 19:22 ` Ville Herva
2003-02-25 16:23 ` Randy.Dunlap
2003-02-25 20:00 ` H. Peter Anvin
2003-02-25 21:24 ` Russell King
2003-02-25 21:52 ` H. Peter Anvin
2003-02-25 23:21 ` Magnus Danielson
[not found] <Pine.LNX.4.33.0302241010200.1088-100000@localhost.localdomain>
2003-02-24 19:58 ` Randy.Dunlap
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