but wouldn't the increase in the kernel image actually equal the decrease in the squash image and therefore the size of the rootfs_data stay the same? Both are lzma compressed.
..ede On 10.05.2010 19:16, Matthias Buecher / Germany wrote: > It may not downsize the packages themselves, but moving kernel mods from > rootfs to the kernel image will reduce the rootfs size. Leaving more > space for JFFS2 rootfs_data. > > Having a "K" setting for kernel options would be great. > Will try to have a look at it during the next weeks. > > Thanks for all your help > Maddes > > On 10.05.2010 17:20, edgar.sol...@web.de wrote: >> there is partly in >> https://dev.openwrt.org/browser/trunk/include/kernel-defaults.mk >> line 101 >> >> you can actually add >> CONFIG_KERNEL_* >> entries to your .config and they are copied over as CONFIG_* to the >> kernel config. All that's missing is a menuconfig interface for that. >> >> But at least for routers using lzma squashfs for the initial image this >> will probably not downsize anything. >> >> .. ede >> >> >> On 10.05.2010 16:19, Stefan Monnier wrote: >>>> In 'make menuconfig' I included them with 'Y' instead of 'M'. >>>> According to my (newbie) knowledge that adds them to the kernel image. >>>> Can somebody please confirm my understanding? Or at least prove me >>>> wrong? :D >>> >>> Damn! I thought you had found a clever way to get them compiled into >>> the kernel. >>> I still hope some day someone will write the extra code needed so that >>> "make menuconfig" can be told to build some modules right into >>> the kernel. >>> >>> >>> Stefan >>> > > _______________________________________________ > openwrt-devel mailing list > openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org > https://lists.openwrt.org/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel _______________________________________________ openwrt-devel mailing list openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org https://lists.openwrt.org/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel
