On Wed, 2018-02-21 at 15:19 +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 2:23 PM, Andy Shevchenko > <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Wed, 2018-02-21 at 08:38 +0100, Rasmus Villemoes wrote: > > > On 2018-02-21 00:55, Joe Perches wrote: > > > Well, on the one hand, I like to reduce the size of the kernel > > > when > > > possible and ideally make all new functionality guarded by config > > > options, but OTOH, how much does compiling out the datetime > > > formatters > > > really save? > > > > https://lists.01.org/pipermail/kbuild-all/2017-June/034950.html > > > > I understand that half a year time allows us to increase kernel text > > size by 750+ bytes unconditionally. > > > > I would really like to not use any option. > > Agreed. > > FTR, growth of my atari_defconfig kernel between v4.7 and v4.15: > > add/remove: 351/155 grow/shrink: 691/429 up/down: 63095/-38665 (24430) > add/remove: 394/156 grow/shrink: 595/709 up/down: 61173/-31092 (30081) > add/remove: 1315/711 grow/shrink: 1269/442 up/down: 172871/-92075 > (80796) > add/remove: 525/266 grow/shrink: 914/510 up/down: 116115/-46240 > (69875) > add/remove: 443/222 grow/shrink: 906/456 up/down: 77807/-40657 (37150) > add/remove: 536/296 grow/shrink: 1043/652 up/down: 97366/-65459 > (31907) > add/remove: 413/176 grow/shrink: 711/479 up/down: 75678/-41356 (34322) > add/remove: 311/145 grow/shrink: 898/438 up/down: 51655/-26851 (24804) The concern was emitted from one who cares about tiny config, i.e. i386_tiny_defconfig. -- Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Intel Finland Oy
