Re: Best Keeps Getting Bigger

[Stan Hoeppner <stan@hardwarefreak.com>]

David Baron put forth on 12/29/2009 10:35 AM:

> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12781374 Oct 29 18:11 /usr/src/linux-image-2.6.31-
> davidb_2.6.31-davidb-10.00.Custom_i386.deb
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12785544 Nov 16 22:14 /usr/src/linux-image-2.6.31-
> davidb-svn14611_2.6.31-davidb-svn14611-10.00.Custom_i386.deb
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12870190 Oct 28 19:29 /usr/src/linux-image-2.6.31-rt-
> davidb_2.6.31-rt-davidb-10.00.Custom_i386.deb
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 13104356 Dec 27 21:23 /usr/src/linux-image-2.6.32.1-
> davidb_2.6.32-davidb-10.00.Custom_i386.deb
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 13109468 Dec 28 19:41 /usr/src/linux-image-2.6.32-
> davidb_2.6.32-davidb-10.00.Custom_i386.deb
> 
> The last one is the 2.6.32.3 image. Simply note the progression :-)
> The 2.6.31.1 (first one) is much much smaller.

12.2 MB vs 12.5 MB?  "much much smaller"?  Why do you consider 300 KB to be
"much much smaller"?

My kernel.deb is 1.5 MB and my vmlinuz is 1.2 MB.  _That_ is "much much
smaller". ;)  I've only done custom kernels on 32bit x86 headless server
platforms, so maybe mine would double in size if I were doing X86-84 kernels due
to 8 byte instruction words vs 4 byte words, and triple in size if I was doing
desktops/laptops.  Still, my kernel would only be 3-4.5 MB.  How is yours in the
13MB range?  Kitchen sink in there too? ;)

--
Stan