<s>
TinyLinux	B-Application
is	O
a	O
project	O
started	O
by	O
Matt	O
Mackall	O
in	O
2003	O
to	O
reduce	O
the	O
size	O
of	O
the	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
kernel	I-Operating_System
,	O
in	O
both	O
memory	O
usage	O
and	O
binary	O
filesize	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
purpose	O
was	O
to	O
make	O
a	O
compact	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
system	O
for	O
embedded	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
was	O
sponsored	O
by	O
the	O
CE	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
Forum	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
-tiny	B-Application
tree	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TinyLinux	B-Application
consists	O
of	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
patches	O
against	O
the	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
kernel	I-Operating_System
which	O
make	O
certain	O
features	O
optional	O
,	O
or	O
add	O
system	O
monitoring	O
and	O
measurement	O
so	O
that	O
further	O
optimization	O
can	O
take	O
place	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
are	O
made	O
to	O
be	O
mergeable	O
with	O
the	O
mainline	O
kernel	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
many	O
patches	O
have	O
been	O
merged	O
to	O
date	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Features	O
include	O
:	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
disable	O
ELF	O
core	B-Error_Name
dumps	I-Error_Name
,	O
reduce	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
swap	O
files	O
,	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
SLOB	B-Application
memory	I-Application
allocator	I-Application
,	O
ability	O
to	O
disable	O
BUG( )	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
measuring	O
and	O
accounting	O
features	O
include	O
:	O
ability	O
for	O
kmalloc/kfree	O
allocations	O
to	O
be	O
monitored	O
through	O
/proc/kmalloc	O
;	O
and	O
measurement	O
of	O
inline	O
usage	O
during	O
kernel	B-Operating_System
compiling	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TinyLinux	B-Application
requires	O
Intel	O
80386	O
or	O
better	O
to	O
run	O
.	O
</s>
