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Date:      Sat, 24 Dec 2011 12:20:06 +0100
From:      Stefan Bethke <stb@lassitu.de>
To:        Bruce Evans <brde@optusnet.com.au>
Cc:        Alexander Best <arundel@freebsd.org>, Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [rfc] removing -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 flag for i386?
Message-ID:  <8883B1C2-738A-4C72-B977-AD610B33982B@lassitu.de>
In-Reply-To: <20111224211903.I2059@besplex.bde.org>
References:  <20111223235642.GA37495@freebsd.org> <20111224160050.T1141@besplex.bde.org> <CAJ-VmokbKMBXW2ppEK_tC-OdepHmQT0cF=UuQdxBg=U8t=qmVQ@mail.gmail.com> <20111224211903.I2059@besplex.bde.org>

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Am 24.12.2011 um 12:06 schrieb Bruce Evans:

> On Fri, 23 Dec 2011, Adrian Chadd wrote:
>=20
>> Well, the whole kernel is bloated at the moment, sorry.
>>=20
>> I've been trying to build the _bare minimum_ required to bootstrap
>> -HEAD on these embedded boards and I can't get the kernel down below =
5
>> megabytes - ie, one with FFS (with options disabled), MIPS, INET (no
>> INET6), net80211, ath (which admittedly is big, but I need it no
>> matter what, right?) comes in at:
>>=20
>> -r-xr-xr-x  1 root  wheel   5307021 Nov 29 19:14 kernel.LSSR71
>>=20
>> And with INET6, on another board (and this includes MSDOS and the
>> relevant geom modules):
>>=20
>> -r-xr-xr-x  1 root  wheel   5916759 Nov 28 12:00 kernel.RSPRO
>>=20
>> .. honestly, that's what should be addressed. That's honestly a bit =
ridiculous.
>=20
> It's disgusting, but what problems does it cause apart from minor =
slowness
> from cache misses?

The flash chip on these devices only has 8MB; some of the really cheap =
ones only have 4MB (yes MB, not GB).  And many have only 32MB RAM.  It =
would be nice to have space for actual applications :-)


Stefan

--=20
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