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Matt Mackall wrote:
> 
> That's not the point at all.
> 
> Every byte you can shave off the compressed kernel image is another
> byte you can use for userspace on your FLASH.
> 

That wasn't the original poster's point, but yes, that is a real issue.

	-hpa