Re: [PATCH] Drop exported symbols list if !modules

From: Rusty Russell
Date: Mon Apr 05 2004 - 18:20:07 EST


On Tue, 2004-04-06 at 09:07, Matt Mackall wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 06, 2004 at 08:45:01AM +1000, Rusty Russell wrote:
> > On Tue, 2004-04-06 at 06:55, Matt Mackall wrote:
> > > Drop ksyms if we've built without module support
> > >
> > > From: Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Subject: Re: 2.6.1-rc1-tiny2
> >
> > Other than saving a little compile time, does this actually do anything?
> >
> > I'm not against it, I just don't think I see the point.
>
> Well it obviously saves memory and image size too;

Please measure it. It's not obvious to me at all.

Thanks,
Rusty.
--
Anyone who quotes me in their signature is an idiot -- Rusty Russell

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