Re: Can't get a Linux 3.6-rc zImage smaller than 2MB

2012-09-12 Thread Aaro Koskinen
On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 10:46:24PM +0200, Maciej Soltysiak wrote: > Was anyone successful in getting a 3.6-rc5 kernel zImage smaller than 2MB? Just a thought, but you could also look into kexec if your bootloader has limitations for kernel size. I.e. build a very minimal kernel/initramfs that is a

Re: Can't get a Linux 3.6-rc zImage smaller than 2MB

2012-09-12 Thread Wookey
+++ Maciej Soltysiak [2012-09-12 16:47 +0200]: Have you had a look at http://elinux.org/Kernel_Size_Tuning_Guide ? > (arm-linux-gnueabi actually from emdebian.org), maybe that's the problem? I wouldn't expect it to be, but I've not seen comparisons of output size with different cross-toolchains.

Re: Can't get a Linux 3.6-rc zImage smaller than 2MB

2012-09-12 Thread Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 3:47 PM, Maciej Soltysiak wrote: > On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 1:50 AM, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton > wrote: >> On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 9:46 PM, Maciej Soltysiak >> wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> Was anyone successful in getting a 3.6-rc5 kernel zImage smaller than 2MB? >>> I'm try

Re: Can't get a Linux 3.6-rc zImage smaller than 2MB

2012-09-12 Thread Maciej Soltysiak
On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 1:50 AM, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 9:46 PM, Maciej Soltysiak > wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Was anyone successful in getting a 3.6-rc5 kernel zImage smaller than 2MB? >> I'm trying to fit this onto SS4000-e and I've been failing desperately >> f