This is in fact a strong argument against your hard-line "every kilobyte matters" stance above. Linux is not a particularly small kernel. If code size in the em

This is in fact a strong argument against your hard-line "every kilobyte matters" stance above. Linux is not a particularly small kernel. If code size in the embedded world were really as paramount as you claim, we'd see a lot less Linux and a lot more random RTOSes.