Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261481AbUKFVmG (ORCPT ); Sat, 6 Nov 2004 16:42:06 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261482AbUKFVmF (ORCPT ); Sat, 6 Nov 2004 16:42:05 -0500 Received: from mailhost.tue.nl ([131.155.2.7]:51215 "EHLO mailhost.tue.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261481AbUKFVl5 (ORCPT ); Sat, 6 Nov 2004 16:41:57 -0500 Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2004 22:41:47 +0100 From: Andries Brouwer To: Adrian Bunk Cc: Linus Torvalds , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: bloat Message-ID: <20041106214147.GA9663@pclin040.win.tue.nl> References: <20041105014146.GA7397@pclin040.win.tue.nl> <20041106120716.GA9144@pclin040.win.tue.nl> <20041106193605.GL1295@stusta.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041106193605.GL1295@stusta.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i X-Spam-DCC: CollegeOfNewCaledonia: mailhost.tue.nl 1189; Body=1 Fuz1=1 Fuz2=1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 800 Lines: 18 On Sat, Nov 06, 2004 at 08:36:08PM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote: > It's even harder because some subsystem maintainers refuse to remove > unused global functions that might be used at some point far in the > future or that even are never intended for in-kernel usage... I have one or two unused functions inside #if 0 in sddr09.c. Finding out the proper hardware details was nontrivial, it would be a pity to throw the knowledge away. But of course there is never a reason to have an unused function appear in the binary. It is only source bloat. Andries - 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/