All of this suggests that to minimize the number of combinations but not bloat the binary, there ought to be a `MINIMAL` or `TEENY_TINY` macro that unsets HAVE_IPSET and a bunch of other similar non-critical features.
On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 6:23 AM, Kevin Darbyshire-Bryant <ke...@darbyshire-bryant.me.uk> wrote: > On 21/03/2013 10:08, Simon Kelley wrote: >> <snip> >> >> Finally, if it's going to be on by default, and given the limited size >> delta/lack of library definitions, there's an argument for not making >> it compile-time selectable at all. Every compile-time switch >> contributes to the combinatorial explosion of possible binaries, and >> lots of bugs come from unanticipated interactions in untested >> compile-flag combinations. >> >> >> Opinions, anyone? >> >> >> >> Simon. > > Hi Simon, > > I'll express an opinion, based purely on my *very* limited experience of > integrating 2.66test16 into a recent version of Tomato to fix some IPv6 > problems. I keen an eye on latest git pushes and integrate those into > my own personal version for testing. I'm very much waiting for 2.66 > release to come out so that I can push that to the proper Tomato > maintainers. > > Size is a very important consideration for Tomato as some versions are > expected to run on a 2.4 kernel and squeeze into 3.8MB of flash rom > space - bytes matter. Having said that, the Tomato developers don't > have to upgrade to the latest dnsmasq (have been running 2.61 for some > time) and the continuing support of what must be regarded as legacy > hardware has to come to an end sometime. > > Based very much on your 'compile time switches lead to untested > combinations of binaries' argument, I'd say remove it as an option and > make it a standard feature. > > Well it's an opinion, but what do I know :-) > > Kevin > > _______________________________________________ > Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list > Dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk > http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dnsmasq-discuss _______________________________________________ Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list Dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dnsmasq-discuss
