Kernel and rootfs are in two different mtd partitions on the WRT54G: # dmesg ... Creating 5 MTD partitions on "Physically mapped flash": 0x00000000-0x00040000 : "cfe" 0x00040000-0x003f0000 : "linux" 0x000bc000-0x00210000 : "rootfs" mtd: partition "rootfs" doesn't start on an erase block boundary -- force read-only 0x003f0000-0x00400000 : "nvram" 0x00210000-0x003f0000 : "rootfs_data" ...
So it is moved from "rootfs" to "linux" in this case. Maddes On 10.05.2010 22:53, edgar.sol...@web.de wrote: > 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 _______________________________________________ openwrt-devel mailing list openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org https://lists.openwrt.org/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel
