Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755785AbYFCHAj (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Jun 2008 03:00:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753272AbYFCHAb (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Jun 2008 03:00:31 -0400 Received: from mail2.shareable.org ([80.68.89.115]:45486 "EHLO mail2.shareable.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750949AbYFCHAa (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Jun 2008 03:00:30 -0400 Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 08:00:16 +0100 From: Jamie Lokier To: "H. Peter Anvin" Cc: Tim Bird , linux-tiny , linux-embedded , linux kernel Subject: Re: [PATCH] console - Add configurable support for console charset translation Message-ID: <20080603070016.GA23429@shareable.org> References: <48447615.5050806@am.sony.com> <48449FAE.70404@zytor.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <48449FAE.70404@zytor.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 797 Lines: 20 H. Peter Anvin wrote: > Tim Bird wrote: > >With CONSOLE_TRANSLATIONS turned off, this saves about 6K > >on my kernel configured for an ARM development board (OMAP > >5912 OSK). In embedded products I'm familiar with, > >console translations are not needed. > > On most embedded products I'm familiar with, you wouldn't have virtual > consoles at all...? On anything with a framebuffer, VCs are quite handy for debugging. Saving 6k won't save the world on those devices, but each little bit helps - especially due to no-MMU fragmentation. -- Jamie -- 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/