Re: Bloat report 2.6.3 -> 2.6.4

[Horst von Brand]

Matt Mackall <mpm@xxxxxxxxxxx> said:
> On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 03:22:06PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > Matt Mackall <mpm@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > 2.6.3 -> 2.6.4
> > > 
> > >    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
> > > 3313135	 660247	 162472	4135854	 3f1bae	vmlinux-2.6.3-c2.6.3
> > > 3342019	 664154	 162344	4168517	 3f9b45	vmlinux-2.6.4-c2.6.3
> > > 
> > > [ Results of size <a> <b>. -c2.6.3 means both kernel images were built
> > > with the 2.6.3 defconfig.
> > 
> > But defconfig was changed between 2.6.3 and 2.6.4.
> 
> Yes, and I'm attempting to compensate for that because defconfig
> changes tend to overwhelm other stuff in the results. 

Use oldconfig?

Or just compare defconfig kernels (with all changes). Or all modules, ...

I.e., what are you trying to measure here?
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