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authorJean-Paul Saman <jean-paul.saman@nxp.com>2007-02-10 01:44:43 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>2007-02-11 10:51:25 -0800
commitc33df4eaaf41fd3e34837a6ae9a5f9970c393d9f (patch)
treeb53498e6cd10a6da004b1835f285ed64493abdf2 /usr/Makefile
parentdd65aa6690e30fdad84a62191c7ab37da89d9865 (diff)
downloadlinux-c33df4eaaf41fd3e34837a6ae9a5f9970c393d9f.tar.gz
[PATCH] disable init/initramfs.c
The file init/initramfs.c is always compiled and linked in the kernel
vmlinux even when BLK_DEV_RAM and BLK_DEV_INITRD are disabled and the
system isn't using any form of an initramfs or initrd.  In this situation
the code is only used to unpack a (static) default initial rootfilesystem.
The current init/initramfs.c code.  usr/initramfs_data.o compiles to a size
of ~15 kbytes.  Disabling BLK_DEV_RAM and BLK_DEV_INTRD shrinks the kernel
code size with ~60 Kbytes.

This patch avoids compiling in the code and data for initramfs support if
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD is not defined.  Instead of the initramfs code and
data it uses a small routine in init/noinitramfs.c to setup an initial
static default environment for mounting a rootfilesystem later on in the
kernel initialisation process.  The new code is: 164 bytes of size.

The patch is separated in two parts:
1) doesn't compile initramfs code when CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD is not set
2) changing all plaforms vmlinux.lds.S files to not reserve an area of
PAGE_SIZE when CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD is not set.

[deweerdt@free.fr: warning fix]
Signed-off-by: Jean-Paul Saman <jean-paul.saman@nxp.com>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: <linux-arch@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Frederik Deweerdt <frederik.deweerdt@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'usr/Makefile')
-rw-r--r--usr/Makefile2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/usr/Makefile b/usr/Makefile
index 382702ad663b..201f27f8cbaf 100644
--- a/usr/Makefile
+++ b/usr/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ PHONY += klibcdirs
 
 
 # Generate builtin.o based on initramfs_data.o
-obj-y := initramfs_data.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD) := initramfs_data.o
 
 # initramfs_data.o contains the initramfs_data.cpio.gz image.
 # The image is included using .incbin, a dependency which is not