Kernel in smaller ROMs, salvation in sight?

[Joshua Wise]

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> I was looking at the 2.6.0-test2 kernel tree today and saw new menu
> choices under
>
> "General Setup -> Remove Kernel Features (for embedded systems)" which
> looks like the beginings of an effort to strip out large though somewhat
> optional features. For instance, the current choices include:

Ooh, I wish that existed in the 2.4.x tree... I am working on a 'linux as 
bootldr' project for ARM (iPAQ specifically). Presently, our zImages are at 
480k, and we need to get them down to sub-256k (while still adding more 
features!) Out of curiousity, how small have you guys managed to build 
zImages for LinuxBIOS?

~joshua


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