On 30/08/2007, Mohamed Bamakhrama <bamakhrama@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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. > make allyesconfig make -- Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@xxxxxxxxx> Don't top-post http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/T/top-post.html Plain text mails only, please http://www.expita.com/nomime.html
