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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. |