[uml-user] Trying to shrink `linux`

[Patrick T. <us...@ut...>]

(this question is based on the underlying assumption that, the smaller and
tighter I can make my `linux` binary by ripping out things I do not need,
the better performance I will get...Right?)

The `linux` that I got with the rpm is size: 1529544

When I compile my own linux, it works wonderfully, and the size is:
7480955

So instead of just saving menuconfig without altering anything, I decided
to start ripping things out.  The problem is, unlike a normal menuconfig,
this one has barely any options at all - just a few really.  All I could
find to rip out was 'enable sound' and MSDOS filesystem support.

This gave me roughly 7400000 ... didn't get much smaller.

What part of the strategy of reducing the linux binary for a user mode
linux installation do I not understand ?

thank you very much,

PT