From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
To: Philippe De Muyter <phdm@macqel.be>
Cc: Tomasz Chmielewski <mangoo@wpkg.org>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: linux kernel without file system
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 12:59:49 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200901141259.50237.arnd@arndb.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090114093422.GA9771@frolo.macqel>
On Wednesday 14 January 2009, Philippe De Muyter wrote:
> Actually, I was thinking about reducing the footprint of my kernel by
> removing all the fs-related system calls, so the problem is not where
> the file-system is, but how to access (serial) devices without giving their
> "/dev/..." name.
One thing that you can do is remove support for block devices in somewhat
recent kernels, which gets you most of the way. File systems themselves
are required for the majority of all system calls (anything that takes
a file descriptor) and for the boot process.
Arnd <><
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-01-14 12:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-01-14 8:46 linux kernel without file system Tomasz Chmielewski
2009-01-14 9:34 ` Philippe De Muyter
2009-01-14 9:52 ` Xavier Bestel
2009-01-14 10:18 ` Philippe De Muyter
2009-01-14 14:27 ` Rogan Dawes
2009-01-14 14:52 ` Philippe De Muyter
2009-01-14 14:57 ` Rogan Dawes
2009-01-14 15:24 ` Philippe De Muyter
2009-01-14 15:31 ` Rogan Dawes
2009-01-15 18:06 ` Arnd Bergmann
2009-01-14 10:34 ` Kay Sievers
2009-01-14 13:49 ` Xavier Bestel
2009-01-17 19:38 ` Enrico Weigelt
2009-01-14 11:59 ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2009-01-14 12:18 ` Philippe De Muyter
2009-01-14 14:27 ` David Newall
2009-01-14 14:49 ` Philippe De Muyter
2009-01-14 15:14 ` David Newall
2009-01-14 17:02 ` John Stoffel
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2009-01-14 8:30 Philippe De Muyter
2009-01-14 10:15 ` Alan Cox
2009-01-15 15:34 ` Enrico Weigelt
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