From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S936578AbXGUJ4S (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 Jul 2007 05:56:18 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932265AbXGUJ4H (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 Jul 2007 05:56:07 -0400 Received: from barikada.upol.cz ([158.194.242.200]:60231 "EHLO barikada.upol.cz" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1759133AbXGUJ4G (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 Jul 2007 05:56:06 -0400 To: "H. Peter Anvin" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Patches for REALLY TINY 386 kernels In-Reply-To: <469E6335.8010708@zytor.com> References: <469A8AED.7070207@nerdgrounds.com> <469E3806.4030804@zytor.com> <20070718183359.GK3801@stusta.de> <469E6335.8010708@zytor.com> Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 12:09:40 +0200 Message-Id: From: Oleg Verych Organization: Palacky University in Olomouc, experimental physics department X-OS: x86_64-pc-linux-glibc-debian Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 12:00:05 -0700 >> If this is an issue, then changing i386 back to discarding __exit code >> and data at linktime instead of runtime might make a bigger difference. > > What would really make a big difference would be to unspool the > initramfs in such a way that it only requires O(1) instead off O(n) > extra memory, by freeing memory as it decompresses and decodes the cpio > ball. Why it's not done yet, your opinion? > -hpa ____