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Honored ContributorHow to make initramfs smaller
This is what I get after compilation of kernel nios2-linux/uClinux-dist/images: -rwxrwxr-x. 1 lukasz lukasz 6592577 Jan 29 17:19 linux.initramfs.gz -rw-rw-r--. 1 lukasz lukasz 8903168 Ja...
Altera_ForumHonored Contributor
Honored ContributorI think you are going to need to cut out a whole load of device drivers - both ones built into the linux kernel and the loadable ones in initramfs.
You'll also need to cut down some of the large hash tables that linux keeps gaining. I suspect it is a long time since anyone in the linux community actually tried to run in 8MB.
