From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>
To: Oliver Neukum <oliver@neukum.org>
Cc: Sitsofe Wheeler <sitsofe@yahoo.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Question] about modules/inline benefits
Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 20:19:22 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080603171922.GA2663@cs181133002.pp.htv.fi> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200806030954.42188.oliver@neukum.org>
On Tue, Jun 03, 2008 at 09:54:41AM +0200, Oliver Neukum wrote:
> Am Dienstag 03 Juni 2008 09:28:59 schrieb Sitsofe Wheeler:
> > Modules allow you to support more hardware as there is a maximum size of the
> > core kernel image.
>
> But you pay for every module with half a page of unused RAM and module
> code will be in vmalloced memory thus increases TLB pressure a bit.
Even more important, CONFIG_MODULES=y enlarges your kernel image by more
than 5-10%, and you have to make _much_ stuff modular to compensate for
this.
> Regards
> Oliver
cu
Adrian
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-06-03 17:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-06-03 4:13 [Question] about modules/inline benefits Justin Madru
2008-06-03 7:28 ` Sitsofe Wheeler
2008-06-03 7:54 ` Oliver Neukum
2008-06-03 17:19 ` Adrian Bunk [this message]
2008-06-03 17:27 ` Adrian Bunk
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