On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 11:15:40PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > > > That's probably more of an implementation detail. I'm more concerned about > > the overall bloat. I think many embedded users are so addivted to benchmark > > results that this going to make or break the whole scheme. > > If you can make relocation a configuration option (as on x86), it would > allow distributions to build multiplatform kernels without preventing > embedded users from building a kernel optimised for their specific > system. But I know very little about MIPS or how intrusive the changes > for relocation would have to be. Perhaps it would be too much of a > maintenance burden to make this an option. The scope of the changes is relativly limited - we're much more concerned about the impact on binary size, memory size or performance of the various approaches under discussion. I wonder kernels for which platforms would Debian want to unify? Ralf
