From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751439AbWHYKvB (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Aug 2006 06:51:01 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751444AbWHYKvB (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Aug 2006 06:51:01 -0400 Received: from emailhub.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:50187 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751439AbWHYKvA (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Aug 2006 06:51:00 -0400 Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 12:50:59 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: David Woodhouse Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] Add __global tag where needed. Message-ID: <20060825105059.GX19810@stusta.de> References: <1156429585.3012.58.camel@pmac.infradead.org> <1156433212.3012.120.camel@pmac.infradead.org> <20060824213047.GR19810@stusta.de> <1156499546.2984.43.camel@pmac.infradead.org> <20060825102649.GU19810@stusta.de> <1156502078.2984.81.camel@pmac.infradead.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1156502078.2984.81.camel@pmac.infradead.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.12-2006-07-14 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Aug 25, 2006 at 11:34:38AM +0100, David Woodhouse wrote: > On Fri, 2006-08-25 at 12:26 +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote: >... > > But projects like embedded systems or OLPC that really need want > > kernels should be the same projects that already avoid the > > 10% size penalty of CONFIG_MODULES=y. > > OLPC has USB ports and wants to be fairly flexible about being able to > connect stuff -- I don't think we can turn off CONFIG_MODULES in its > running kernel. >... You can compile many USB modules statically into the kernel before using more additional space than what CONFIG_MODULES=n saves today. > dwmw2 cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed