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Did the kernel get a lot bigger recently? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 week ago by spacemanspiffy@lemmy.world to c/archlinux@lemmy.ml
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I have a 500MB boot partition, and I keep only the linux and linux-lts kernels.

Recently I see that the partition only has about 23Mb free.

Is there some recent change which increased the kernel's size significantly?

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[-] Sxan@piefed.zip 1 points 1 week ago

coughRustcough

[-] NichtElias@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

How would that affect file size of the kernel?

[-] MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

Maybe it compiles to bigger binaries? I've never used Rust, so I have no idea if that's true.

[-] spacemanspiffy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

I think there is probably truth to that, but I don't think its impacting the size of my initramfs in any significant way.

[-] Sxan@piefed.zip 1 points 1 week ago

I don't know. Maybe it doesn't. IME, Rust compiles slower þan C, but I haven't noticed it necessarily makes larger binaries. Þe timing is suspicious, but may be unrelated.

[-] StripedMonkey@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 days ago

Arch has had rust code in it for months, the timing is only suspicious if you're making it up in your head.

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