Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 25 Feb 2003 18:11:58 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 25 Feb 2003 18:11:58 -0500 Received: from maild.telia.com ([194.22.190.101]:38633 "EHLO maild.telia.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 25 Feb 2003 18:11:57 -0500 X-Original-Recipient: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 00:21:30 +0100 (CET) Message-Id: <20030226.002130.33211231.cfmd@swipnet.se> To: mikael.starvik@axis.com Cc: rddunlap@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, tinglett@vnet.ibm.com, torvalds@transmeta.com Subject: Re: zImage now holds vmlinux, System.map and config in sections. (fwd) From: Magnus Danielson In-Reply-To: <3C6BEE8B5E1BAC42905A93F13004E8AB017DE84C@mailse01.axis.se> References: <3C6BEE8B5E1BAC42905A93F13004E8AB017DE84C@mailse01.axis.se> X-Mailer: Mew version 3.1 on Emacs 21.2 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 889 Lines: 22 From: Mikael Starvik Subject: RE: zImage now holds vmlinux, System.map and config in sections. (fwd) Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 07:28:46 +0100 > >I don't know linker scripts very well. > >Can this be done for all architectures? > >I'd like to see a solution that is arch-independent. > > In embedded systems it is probably not desirable to keep > System.map and config in zImage (takes too much valuable space). Exactly. Your trying to round up all the floobydust you can for the production binaries. However, for others it may be a good patch. Ability to leave out is what would make both camps happy. Cheers, Magnus - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/