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Subject: Re: GPLONLY kernel symbols???
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Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2001 17:05:03 +0100 (BST)
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> Yes it is : what about the code that allows me
> to cat /proc/sys/kernel/tainted and echo an integer
> into it ? and the code that's not loaded into kernel
> memory sure takes storage space, even if it's not
> much.

That code is generic code already in the kernel for every other /proc
file. The total impact in bytes is shorter than the email. 

If you want to save space fix the page table mess and we can shave off
something like 8-16 bytes per page - Ie megabytes.

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