Re: Linux 2.3.21 Gripes.

Arjan van de Ven (adve@oce.nl)
Wed, 13 Oct 1999 15:30:17 +0200 (CEST)


Andi Kleen had the wisdom to write:
AK> sassan@cup.hp.com (Dara Hazeghi) writes:

>> * 1MB+ Kernels: I don't know the precise breaking point, but it is
>> not nice after a 25minute compilation to discover your kernel is too
>> big. I know there are technical reasons, but this is an issue that'll
>> have to be addressed sooner or later, and getting started sooner does
>> have advantages.

AK> Have you tried make bzImage ?

That is not always enough. If the bzImage is larger than 1Mb, it still
doesn't link. (But you need _a lot_ of drivers for this)

>> * Slow recompilation: When I build a kernel and it doesn't complete,
>> usually I change the offending option to off, and recompile. However
>> every single thing gets rebuilt. Again, some of us have slow machines
>> and this is not a good thing for us.

AK> This is not true with 2.2+, except when you change "fundamental" things
AK> (like CONFIG_SMP).

Or forget "make dep".

Greetings,
Arjan van de Ven

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