Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 10:25:32 -0800 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: Ian Dowse <iedowse@maths.tcd.ie> Cc: Makoto Matsushita <matusita@jp.FreeBSD.org>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Waaaarg, we just blew out the kernel again.. Message-ID: <200112171825.fBHIPW301205@mass.dis.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 17 Dec 2001 14:13:36 GMT." <200112171413.aa87921@salmon.maths.tcd.ie>
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> I tried Matt's suggestion of moving some NFS macros into functions,
> and it looks we can get 10k or so off the compressed kernel that
> way by changing just 4 macros. I can test and commit that later if
> using bzip2 isn't practical.
Using bzip2 will mean finding a *compact* decompression library. The
loader currently uses a cut-down version (decompression only) of libz.
If there's an equivalent for bzip2, then we can do that too. A better
idea, however, will be to start splitting more stuff out into modules.
--
... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his
rivals and unfortunately opponents also. But not because people want
to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force
people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt]
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