An interesting game, though certainly pointless: find a kernel that is smaller than tinyconfig!
A possible roadmap: try to "mutate" tinyconfig by deactivating the following options:
X86_DIRECT_GBPAGES 1
BROKEN_ON_SMP 1
EXPERT 1
HZ_PERIODIC 1
NEED_PER_CPU_KM 1
OPTIMIZE_INLINING 1
TINY_RCU 1
TINY_SRCU 1
INLINE_SPIN_UNLOCK_IRQ 1
INLINE_READ_UNLOCK 1
INLINE_READ_UNLOCK_IRQ 1
INLINE_WRITE_UNLOCK 1
INLINE_WRITE_UNLOCK_IRQ 1
X86_MPPARSE 1
CPU_SUP_INTEL 1
DEBUG_KERNEL 1
CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE 1
DEFAULT_SECURITY_DAC 1
EMBEDDED 1
SLOB 1
CPU_SUP_AMD 1
CPU_SUP_CENTAUR 1
UP_LATE_INIT 1
SCSI_MOD 1
kernel version : 4.13.3
Side note: deactivating an option may have a counter-effect due to constraints: it can actually force some options to be 'y', thus increasing the number of 'y'.
It would be super nice to write a script that automates individual mutations, and then compile with tuxml
Another idea: instead of the list above (around 20 options), try to mutate any configuration of tinyconfig (around 200)
An interesting game, though certainly pointless: find a kernel that is smaller than tinyconfig!
A possible roadmap: try to "mutate" tinyconfig by deactivating the following options:
kernel version : 4.13.3
Side note: deactivating an option may have a counter-effect due to constraints: it can actually force some options to be 'y', thus increasing the number of 'y'.
It would be super nice to write a script that automates individual mutations, and then compile with tuxml
Another idea: instead of the list above (around 20 options), try to mutate any configuration of tinyconfig (around 200)