On 8/30/07, Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 30/08/2007, Mohamed Bamakhrama <bamakhrama@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I have a question regarding the average number of assembly > > instructions per line of kernel code. I know that this is a difficult > > question since it depends on many factors such as the instruction set > > architecture, compiler used, optimizations used, type of code, coding > > style, etc... > > I would like to know a rough estimate for such a quantity for the > > kernel 2.4/2.6 code running on MIPS32 architecture. > > My estimate is between 5-10 instructions. I googled for such a thing > > but couldn't find any useful papers/resources. > > > > Why don't you simply count the number of non-blank non-comment lines > in the source files that you are building, build the kernel and then > count the number of instructions in the resulting binary ? Hi, I agree with you but is there any way to include ALL the drivers in the kernel tree in building the image? Otherwise, I will be counting un-used lines. -- Mohamed
