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From: Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au>
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Subject: Re: kernel size 
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On Tue, 9 Oct 2001 11:53:48 -0400 (EDT), 
"Richard B. Johnson" <root@chaos.analogic.com> wrote:
>Yes. It shows in /proc/kcore. Just wasted. It does mean something
>on an embedded system.

kcore shows all the kernel buffers, including user space stuff being
processed by the loader.  My tests show that all the strings that you
are complaining about have been stripped from the kernel before it is
loaded.