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start [2020-07-06 21:24]
joshtriplett Drop instructions for kernels older than 3.17-rc1,
start [2020-07-06 21:25]
joshtriplett Drop mention of CONFIG_EMBEDDED, and explain use of CONFIG_EXPERT.
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 When submitting a change to make the kernel smaller, use ''​scripts/​bloat-o-meter''​ to compare the size of the old and new vmlinux, overall and broken out by symbol. ​ Include the bloat-o-meter output in your commit message. When submitting a change to make the kernel smaller, use ''​scripts/​bloat-o-meter''​ to compare the size of the old and new vmlinux, overall and broken out by symbol. ​ Include the bloat-o-meter output in your commit message.
  
-Most new configuration ​options added as part of this effort ​should depend on CONFIG_EMBEDDED or CONFIG_EXPERT.+When introducing a new configuration ​option for an existing kernel feature, the new option ​should ​likely ​depend on CONFIG_EXPERT.
  
 If your changes affect the size of the decompression stub, you may additionally need to run bloat-o-meter on the stub. If your changes affect the size of the decompression stub, you may additionally need to run bloat-o-meter on the stub.
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