> > At that point we could also put the elf loader (/lib/ldlinux.so.xx) into
> > the kernel. It is needed by all ELF programs anyways. Would speed up
> > loading. Making modules as ELF libraries would get rid of the special
> > things we are having in the kernel for those and possibly allow us to use
> > more standard tools for kernel debugging.
> >
>
> I am new to linux and kernel programming. The question that this raises
> to me is:
>
> What would that do to the kernel size? How big is the loader?
Mine is 143kb. And putting the dynamic linker into the kernel is one
of "less great" ideas posted here for various reasons.
Ralf