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Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 13:49:51 -0700
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
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To: Dag Bakke <dag@bakke.com>
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Subject: Re: video (VGA) object-files unconditionally built/included?
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Dag Bakke wrote:
> 
> So the videobits appear to be built and added on to the kernel image
> after the main chunk gets compressed. And the size of the video*.o
> objects sums up to 87k.
> 
> If my reasoning is too stupid for words, would you mind providing a
> graphical illustration of my stupidity?  :-)
> 

It's not our job to do yours for you.

*.o files contain a LOT of metadata.  The "size" command tells you the
real size.

	-hpa

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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.

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