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From: Garrett Kajmowicz <gkajmowi@tbaytel.net>
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Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE, TRIVIAL, RFC] Linux source strip/bundle script
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 08:14:17 -0400
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> 2. When trashing the source like this you may as well remove
>     trailing whitespace (reduces kernel by 200K after compression).

	I do not modify the source code files themselves.  I simply 'prune' the tree, 
creating 'dummy' Config.in and Makefiles as requred to prevent things from 
breaking too much.  The only file that I edit in any way is the config.in in 
arch/i386 to change the scsi enabled default from y to n. This was so that 
people who don't download the scsi 'module' don't run into problems with 
compile failing.  I will be making a few patches to the source tree for the 
Config.in files to make this and other relted things less likely to happen.


> 3. What's the difference in size between 2.4.19.tar.bz2 and
>     2.4.19-bastardized.tar.bz2 ?

Size of some of the packages that I have done with this script:

linux-2.4.19-base.tar.bz2	-	11 MB
linux-2.4.19-scsi.tar.bz2	-	2.5 MB
There are currently 15 other 'modules', not listed here

> 4. Is this just for (a) removing redundant code after installation or
>     (b) providing subset version(s) for download.

This will provide a subset for download.  Due to not having the ability to 
host, it may be applied to the full code after download for testing purposes.

> 5. If 4(a) wouldn't you need to parse the .config to find the appropriate
>     bits to remove?

I prune the tree at the directory level.  If I do not want/need irda support, 
I wipe out the irda directory, recreate it with a dummy Makefile and 
Config.in file so the make menuconfig script doesn't break, and the kernel 
will compile.  This results in less savings, but in higher stability/ 
reliability.
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