minimal-image-with-mtd-utils image size

[toni+openembedded-users at stderror.at]

hi,

i tried to build a minimal root filesystem with mtd utils for the
compulab cm-x270. the problem is that the cpio.gz version of the image
is about 21mb in size and the cm-x270 has only 4mb of NOR flash.

i'm using the following local.conf:

DL_DIR = "/home/pinhead/oe/sources"
BBFILES = "/home/pinhead/oe/openembedded/packages/*/*.bb"
DISTRO = "angstrom-2008.1"
ENABLE_BINARY_LOCALE="0"
ANGSTROMLIBC = "uclibc"
MACHINE = "cm-x270"
IMAGE_FSTYPES = "jffs2 tar cpio.gz"
PREFERRED_VERSION_uclibc ?= "0.9.29"
PREFERRED_VERSION_uclibc-initial ?= "0.9.29"

build/tmp/rootfs is 71mb in size. looking through the files most of
the space is used by usr/lib and the library archives in this
directory. for example usr/lib/libc.a consumes 51mb.

i did a successful build and deployment of the cm-x270 minimal image a
few months ago and the only difference is the inclusion of the library
archives.

is there an easy way to tell the build process to skip these archives?

thanks for you help and time

toni
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