Hi, 2012/4/24 Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri <barbieri@profusion.mobi>:

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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!