On Friday 31 August 2007 17:27, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Fri, 31 Aug 2007 16:13:59 BST, Denys Vlasenko said: > > > > text data bss dec hex filename > > 261433 50018 1172 312623 4c52f > > linux-2.6.23-rc1.org.t/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/built-in.o > > 199654 50018 1172 250844 3d3dc > > linux-2.6.23-rc1.aic.t/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/built-in.o > > 184014 21314 1172 206500 326a4 > > linux-2.6.23-rc1.aic1.t/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/built-in.o > > 202378 2850 1172 206400 32640 > > linux-2.6.23-rc1.aic2.t/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/built-in.o > > > > 1-debloat.patch deinlines a lot of functions > > 2-addstatic.patch adds statics, #ifdefs out huge amount of unused code, > > adds consts > > 3-addconst.patch adds more consts > > Yowza. Looking at aic1->aic2, it looks like 20K became 'const', and only > 3K *wasn't* 'const'?
Exactly. There are firmware images/patches and a lot of structures with char* members pointing to text/messages. Btw, aic94xx driver needs the same treatment. -- vda - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
