x86: Add "make tinyconfig" to configure the tiniest possible kernel
Since commit 5d2acfc7b974bbd3858b4dd3f2cdc6362dd8843a ("kconfig: make
allnoconfig disable options behind EMBEDDED and EXPERT") in 3.15-rc1,
"make allnoconfig" disables every possible config option.
However, a few configuration options (CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE,
OPTIMIZE_INLINING) produce a smaller kernel when turned on, and a few
choices exist (compression, highmem, allocator) for which a non-default
option produces a smaller kernel.
Add a "tinyconfig" option, which starts from allnoconfig and then sets
these options to configure the tiniest possible kernel. This provides a
better baseline for embedded systems or efforts to reduce kernel size.
Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
index 8083b94..ebf40f6 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
@@ -117,6 +117,10 @@
kvmconfig:
$(call mergeconfig,kvm_guest)
+PHONY += tinyconfig
+tinyconfig: allnoconfig
+ $(call mergeconfig,tiny)
+
# Help text used by make help
help:
@echo ' config - Update current config utilising a line-oriented program'
@@ -138,6 +142,7 @@
@echo ' listnewconfig - List new options'
@echo ' olddefconfig - Same as silentoldconfig but sets new symbols to their default value'
@echo ' kvmconfig - Enable additional options for guest kernel support'
+ @echo ' tinyconfig - Configure the tiniest possible kernel'
# lxdialog stuff
check-lxdialog := $(srctree)/$(src)/lxdialog/check-lxdialog.sh
