From: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
To: Gigi Duru <giduru@yahoo.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: The end of embedded Linux?
Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2002 12:49:41 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3D9F4255.3060600@candelatech.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20021005193650.17795.qmail@web13202.mail.yahoo.com
Gigi Duru wrote:
> Trivial experiment: configure out _ALL_ the options on
> 2.5.38 and build bzImage. My result? A totally useless
> 270KB kernel (compressed).
Maybe you could explain the options you had to add to make
it useful to you? That may help folks figure out where the
thing can be slimmed down.
> Now try to put in some useful stuff and the
> _compressed_ image will cheerfully approach 1MB. Where
> are the days when a 200KB kernel would be fully
> equipped?
Gone too are the days where you could easily buy something
as small as a 2MB flash chip :)
Ben
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-10-05 19:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 115+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-10-05 19:36 The end of embedded Linux? Gigi Duru
2002-10-05 19:46 ` Francois Romieu
2002-10-05 19:49 ` Ben Greear [this message]
2002-10-05 19:53 ` Andre Hedrick
2002-10-05 20:52 ` Gigi Duru
2002-10-05 20:58 ` Mark Mielke
2002-10-06 1:54 ` Andre Hedrick
2002-10-07 23:28 ` Gigi Duru
2002-10-06 0:46 ` Rik van Riel
2002-10-06 1:52 ` Andre Hedrick
2002-10-06 20:20 ` Gigi Duru
2002-10-07 2:01 ` Andre Hedrick
2002-10-06 4:28 ` David S. Miller
2002-10-06 16:53 ` Alan Cox
2002-10-06 18:50 ` george anzinger
2002-10-07 10:06 ` simon
2002-10-07 10:36 ` David S. Miller
2002-10-07 11:57 ` Russell King
2002-10-07 12:10 ` Abraham vd Merwe
2002-10-07 14:12 ` Alan Cox
2002-10-07 16:05 ` Nicolas Pitre
2002-10-07 16:02 ` David S. Miller
2002-10-07 16:20 ` Benjamin LaHaise
2002-10-07 16:38 ` Nicolas Pitre
2002-10-07 16:53 ` Mark Mielke
2002-10-07 17:45 ` Nicolas Pitre
2002-10-07 18:11 ` Richard B. Johnson
2002-10-07 18:54 ` george anzinger
2002-10-07 19:11 ` Russell King
2002-10-07 20:05 ` Ben Greear
2002-10-12 10:08 ` Richard Zidlicky
2002-10-14 12:26 ` Richard Zidlicky
2002-10-07 17:15 ` simon
2002-10-07 17:24 ` David S. Miller
2002-10-07 20:22 ` Alan Cox
2002-10-07 22:22 ` Christer Weinigel
2002-10-07 22:52 ` Alan Cox
2002-10-07 22:56 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2002-10-09 11:19 ` Jamie Lokier
2002-10-08 10:11 ` simon
2002-10-08 11:11 ` jbradford
2002-10-08 11:53 ` Richard B. Johnson
2002-10-08 12:09 ` jbradford
2002-10-08 11:25 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2002-10-08 11:25 ` Alan Cox
2002-10-08 20:04 ` David S. Miller
2002-10-08 22:53 ` Alan Cox
2002-10-08 22:38 ` David S. Miller
2002-10-08 11:27 ` jw schultz
2002-10-09 7:37 ` Alexander Kellett
2002-10-09 11:49 ` Alan Cox
2002-10-09 11:53 ` Richard B. Johnson
2002-10-09 19:17 ` jbradford
2002-10-09 23:49 ` jw schultz
2002-10-13 16:30 ` Eric W. Biederman
2002-10-09 12:42 ` Ian Molton
2002-10-10 4:47 ` Shane Nay
2002-10-08 15:52 ` David Lang
2002-10-09 10:53 ` David Woodhouse
2002-10-07 10:55 ` Xavier Bestel
2002-10-07 17:20 ` simon
2002-10-07 22:59 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2002-10-07 23:18 ` Alan Cox
2002-10-07 16:15 ` Matt Porter
2002-10-07 16:22 ` Matt Porter
2002-10-07 16:41 ` Rob Landley
2002-10-07 21:56 ` Gigi Duru
2002-10-07 19:44 ` Rob Landley
2002-10-08 13:22 ` Thomas Molina
2002-10-08 16:34 ` Rob Landley
2002-10-07 23:20 ` Matt Porter
2002-10-07 19:50 ` Rob Landley
2002-10-08 15:04 ` Matt Porter
2002-10-08 16:52 ` Rob Landley
2002-10-09 11:38 ` Adrian Bunk
2002-10-09 12:15 ` [patch] show Fusion MPT dialog only when CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD is set Adrian Bunk
2002-10-09 19:55 ` Rob Landley
2002-10-09 19:54 ` [PATCH]: Move Fusion MPT config menu into scsi driver support (was Re: The end of embedded Linux?) Rob Landley
2002-10-07 23:01 ` The end of embedded Linux? Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2002-10-07 23:23 ` Alan Cox
2002-10-07 23:47 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2002-10-08 0:06 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2002-10-08 1:23 ` Xcytame@yahoo.es
2002-10-06 13:02 ` Ian Molton
2002-10-05 19:53 ` jbradford
2002-10-05 22:23 ` Oliver Xymoron
2002-10-05 23:28 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2002-10-06 1:57 ` Andre Hedrick
2002-10-12 4:01 ` Daniel Phillips
2002-10-12 4:09 ` William Lee Irwin III
2002-10-06 0:36 ` Rik van Riel
2002-10-06 0:41 ` Zwane Mwaikambo
2002-10-06 0:50 ` William Lee Irwin III
2002-10-06 1:00 ` Zwane Mwaikambo
2002-10-06 0:44 ` William Lee Irwin III
2002-10-06 22:24 ` Aaron Lehmann
2002-10-06 22:54 ` William Lee Irwin III
2002-10-07 1:33 ` Andre Hedrick
2002-10-07 22:25 ` Andre Hedrick
2002-10-07 9:10 ` Jan-Benedict Glaw
[not found] <Pine.LNX.4.33.0210061854190.24860-100000@coffee.psychology.mcmaster.ca>
2002-10-07 5:38 ` Gigi Duru
2002-10-07 5:42 ` Rik van Riel
2002-10-07 6:06 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2002-10-07 12:04 ` Richard B. Johnson
2002-10-07 12:00 ` David S. Miller
2002-10-07 12:32 ` Richard B. Johnson
2002-10-07 12:29 ` David S. Miller
2002-10-07 13:06 ` Dana Lacoste
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-10-07 20:04 Hell.Surfers
2002-10-07 23:01 ` David S. Miller
2002-10-08 0:10 ` jw schultz
2002-10-08 9:36 Hell.Surfers
2002-10-08 9:51 Hell.Surfers
2002-10-08 20:00 ` David S. Miller
2002-10-08 12:05 Hicks, Jamey
2002-10-12 20:45 Hell.Surfers
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