On 03/26/07 08:35, Alex Kozlov wrote: > On Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 08:12:33AM -0500, Eric Anderson wrote: >>> Overall, having the config file loaded strikes me as a waste of RAM. >>> >> As Larry mentioned, the kernel config file (say GENERIC) is about 10k >> uncompressed. If it's bzipped or gzipped, as it is (including comments, >> etc) it ends up ~4k. My kernel, is about 7500k (not far from GENERIC), >> so the additional .05% is probably not noticeable by anyone. > gzip is a bad idea. If You compress config, > strings kernel | grep ^___ | sed -e 's/^___//' > would no longer work. Good point. So, leaving it uncompressed makes it 0.1% of the kernel. :) Still ok by me. EricReceived on Mon Mar 26 2007 - 12:44:03 UTC
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