On Fri, 2008-07-11 at 15:21 +0200, Christian Franke wrote: > Very nice optimization idea! > > The practical advantage is probably limited by the fact that kernel.img > and most of the modules typically included in a i386-pc core.img are not > affected. > > I attached a diff of "size *.mod" outputs for the test mentioned in my > last mail. '-' original code, '+' grub_swap_*() replaced by dummies. > Large savings potential is in afs.mod, hfs*.mod, and xfs.mod. ... > - 4980 40 16 5036 13ac xfs.mod > + 2924 40 16 2980 ba4 xfs.mod
It is a big deal for xfs users. Even more so for gpt+raid+lvm+xfs users, who are against the wall :-) -- Regards, Pavel Roskin _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
