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| author | Jean-Paul Saman <jean-paul.saman@nxp.com> | 2007-02-10 01:44:43 -0800 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org> | 2007-02-11 10:51:25 -0800 |
| commit | c33df4eaaf41fd3e34837a6ae9a5f9970c393d9f (patch) | |
| tree | b53498e6cd10a6da004b1835f285ed64493abdf2 /drivers/block/Kconfig | |
| parent | dd65aa6690e30fdad84a62191c7ab37da89d9865 (diff) | |
[PATCH] disable init/initramfs.c
The file init/initramfs.c is always compiled and linked in the kernel
vmlinux even when BLK_DEV_RAM and BLK_DEV_INITRD are disabled and the
system isn't using any form of an initramfs or initrd. In this situation
the code is only used to unpack a (static) default initial rootfilesystem.
The current init/initramfs.c code. usr/initramfs_data.o compiles to a size
of ~15 kbytes. Disabling BLK_DEV_RAM and BLK_DEV_INTRD shrinks the kernel
code size with ~60 Kbytes.
This patch avoids compiling in the code and data for initramfs support if
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD is not defined. Instead of the initramfs code and
data it uses a small routine in init/noinitramfs.c to setup an initial
static default environment for mounting a rootfilesystem later on in the
kernel initialisation process. The new code is: 164 bytes of size.
The patch is separated in two parts:
1) doesn't compile initramfs code when CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD is not set
2) changing all plaforms vmlinux.lds.S files to not reserve an area of
PAGE_SIZE when CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD is not set.
[deweerdt@free.fr: warning fix]
Signed-off-by: Jean-Paul Saman <jean-paul.saman@nxp.com>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: <linux-arch@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Frederik Deweerdt <frederik.deweerdt@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/block/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/block/Kconfig | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/block/Kconfig b/drivers/block/Kconfig index 58c1debf86f..cacb1c816e3 100644 --- a/drivers/block/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/block/Kconfig @@ -417,8 +417,10 @@ config BLK_DEV_INITRD etc. See <file:Documentation/initrd.txt> for details. If RAM disk support (BLK_DEV_RAM) is also included, this - also enables initial RAM disk (initrd) support. + also enables initial RAM disk (initrd) support and adds + 15 Kbytes (more on some other architectures) to the kernel size. + If unsure say Y. config CDROM_PKTCDVD tristate "Packet writing on CD/DVD media" |