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    [PATCH] disable init/initramfs.c · c33df4ea
    Jean-Paul Saman authored
    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 no...
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