Hello Yann, splash application is actually written in C++; recompiling it without the static flag, the size becomes 13.1 Kbyte.
For the next week I try to rewrite it in C and, if I can, using the libbb functions. Then I will post my code. Regards. Michele Sanges Il giorno mar, 05/02/2008 alle 21.57 +0100, Yann E. MORIN ha scritto: > To maximise chances that the splash applet is accepted in BusyBox, please > pay attention to the size. The binary in the initrd is 622KiB. So, it is > statically linked and unstripped. Stripped, it goes down to 556KiB, but even > though, it still is a big baby. > > Be carefull, such a big applet will most probably be dumped. > > If you posted your code, we could review it and try to shrink it before you > submit it for inclusion. > > Regards, > Yann E. MORIN. > > PS. I don't usually pay much attention to applets, but that one appeals to me > somewhat, I will try to give it a look although I moving house this month. _______________________________________________ busybox mailing list busybox@busybox.net http://busybox.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/busybox
