[Gta04-owner] Reducing disk usage for 4.5 kernel install?

Neil Jerram neil at ossau.homelinux.net
Tue May 3 13:12:46 CEST 2016


On 23/04/16 10:04, Neil Jerram wrote:
> Ah great, thanks.  So, to be clear, you are recommending 4.5?  [1] 
> (Understanding that this is for experiments like mine and possibly not 
> for full phone operation.)
>
> [1] 
> http://git.goldelico.com/?p=gta04-kernel.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/letux-4.5

I've built letux-4.5 now; haven't yet tried to boot it.

I notice, though, that it appears to require lots more disk space when 
installed on the GTA04, compared to 3.7 or 3.17.  Specifically, the 
/lib/modules/`uname -r` tree is now about 200Mb, whereas for 3.7 or 3.17 
it was about 16Mb.

Is there something I can do to reduce that?  Perhaps some global 
stripping option?  Or alternatively some big trimming of the CONFIG_* 
settings?

Thanks,
     Neil



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