Minimal uImage (compressed Linux kerne)l size for PPC 8270 processor

Hi,

I am poring from Linux 2.4 to Linux 2.6. My board is based on PPC 8270
processor of  FreeScale (former Motorola).

The uImage (compressed Linux kernel)  size on Linux version 2.4 was ~
720
Kbytes.  What size should I expect on Linux 2.6  ?

What is the typical/minimal uImage  Linux kernel size , assuming that
I am
using TCP/IP, UART, etc.

The drivers  that we added are not so  big in size, so loading them
dynamically will not reduce largely the size of Linux uBoot Image.


Thanks,

Martin Roth
Motorola

roth.martin@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am poring from Linux 2.4 to Linux 2.6. My board is based on PPC 8270
> processor of  FreeScale (former Motorola).
> 
> The uImage (compressed Linux kernel)  size on Linux version 2.4 was ~
> 720
> Kbytes.  What size should I expect on Linux 2.6  ?
> 
> What is the typical/minimal uImage  Linux kernel size , assuming that
> I am
> using TCP/IP, UART, etc.
> 
> The drivers  that we added are not so  big in size, so loading them
> dynamically will not reduce largely the size of Linux uBoot Image.

I can't speak for typical/minimal, but I have a uImage for
an 8347 that is 1.2MB. This is a rather "full-featured"
kernel. Hope that helps.


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