Re: [Announce] Linux-tiny project revival

Jared Hulbert
2007-09-20T21:22:46Z

> > I think that this idea is not worth it.

Don't use the config option then....

> My problem is that switching off printk is the single biggest bloat cutter in
> the kernel, yet it makes the resulting system very hard to support. It
> combines a big upside with a big downside, and I'd like something in between.

It's not such a big downside IMHO. You can support a kernel without
printk. Need to debug the kernel without printk? Use a JTAG
debugger...

If you have a system that actually configures out printk's, chances
are you don't have storage and output mechanisms to do much with the
messages anyway. Think embedded _products_ here. Sure the
development boards have serial, ethernet, and all that jazz but tens
of millions of ARM based gadgets don't.