Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 04:50:22 -0600 (MDT) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: Alexander@leidinger.net Cc: murray@FreeBSD.org, cvs-doc@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, doc-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: www/en/projects/ideas ideas.xml Message-ID: <20080319.045022.723203983.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <20080319085255.s9bo4xnusksgsscg@webmail.leidinger.net> References: <20080318182354.a8w3co2xccwkosw8@webmail.leidinger.net> <20080318.190410.547445320.imp@bsdimp.com> <20080319085255.s9bo4xnusksgsscg@webmail.leidinger.net>
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Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@leidinger.net> writes:
: Quoting "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> (from Tue, 18 Mar 2008
: 19:04:10 -0600 (MDT)):
:
: > In message: <20080318182354.a8w3co2xccwkosw8@webmail.leidinger.net>
: > Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> writes:
: > : Quoting Murray Stokely <murray@FreeBSD.org> (from Tue, 18 Mar 2008
: > : 04:24:39 +0000 (UTC)):
: > :
: > : > murray 2008-03-18 04:24:39 UTC
: > : >
: > : > FreeBSD doc repository
: > : >
: > : > Modified files:
: > : > en/projects/ideas ideas.xml
: > : > Log:
: > : > Add a new section of embedded projects suggested by Warner.
: > :
: > : The reduced FreeBSD for embedded entry could maybe enhanced to augment
: > : the kernel with an option which removes all strings from the kernel
: > : which are not needed in an embedded system.
: > :
: > : I haven't checked if Warners follow-up commit added requirements to
: > : all those projects or not.
: >
: > There's a number of ways to shrink the kernel. I didn't want to
: > enumerate all of them with this project, as it was mostly about
: > building a compact userland.
:
: There's no interest to add an item to shrink the kernel?
We should add it, but it isn't necessarily part of the reproducible
tiny build project. Maybe we should add it, but this one would take
careful mentoring to come up with a solution that's acceptable to the
community.
Warner
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