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Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 12:03:51 -0800
From: "Randy.Dunlap" <rddunlap@osdl.org>
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Subject: Re: [2.6 current BK] Unnecesary code gets compiled in during build?
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Maciej Soltysiak wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am compiling 2.6.11-rc4-cset
> 
> And I see during the compilation:
>   LD      drivers/media/common/built-in.o
>   LD      drivers/media/dvb/b2c2/built-in.o
>   LD      drivers/media/dvb/bt8xx/built-in.o
>   LD      drivers/media/dvb/cinergyT2/built-in.o
>   LD      drivers/media/dvb/dibusb/built-in.o
>   LD      drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/built-in.o
>   LD      drivers/media/dvb/frontends/built-in.o
>   LD      drivers/media/dvb/ttpci/built-in.o
>   LD      drivers/media/dvb/ttusb-budget/built-in.o
>   LD      drivers/media/dvb/ttusb-dec/built-in.o
>   LD      drivers/media/dvb/built-in.o
>   LD      drivers/media/radio/built-in.o
>   LD      drivers/media/video/built-in.o
> 
> Although I know I have not added dvb, nor radio.
> How come this shows up?

It makes the kbuild system easier ?

It's probably fixable (I haven't looked), but I have
noticed the same thing that you are seeing.
Patches are welcome... if it needs to be fixed.

Did you notice how large those built-in.o files are?

> I am attaching my .config, it does not have DVB set.

-- 
~Randy
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