[Celinux-dev] [Q] TinyLinux project status (resend)

[Ezequiel García]

Hi,

2012/4/24 Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri <barbieri at profusion.mobi>:
>> It seems Linux is not aiming that low after all, however a little
>> effort to try to un-bloat the current
>> state of things can't hurt, right?
>
> Do you know the state of uCLinux, when those options are enabled it
> should be better, no? Or 1.5Mb is with such options?

To avoid confusion: uclinux is basically a linux distribution; it is
made of a linux kernel and a filesystem.
The kernel included in latest uclinux distribution file is 3.x series,
and it is pretty much equally to a vanilla
kernel (as compiled from git).

So, when compiling for m68k (coldfire) with just the bare minimum
options enabled: block layer, console drivers,
romfs, I got a 1.5 MB kernel. I was shocked by the bigness of the
number, but it doesn't seem to be easily
reduced.

And we are not even talking about dynamic footprint, or filesystem requirements!