Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 2 Dec 1998 15:01:01 -0500 (EST) | From | Gregory Maxwell <> | Subject | Re: Big kernel again |
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Turning off smp will make it a lot smaller.
Max on bzImage is (I believe) 16megs.
On Wed, 2 Dec 1998, Matthias Andree wrote:
> Well, the issue that was brought up in a separate thread is: > > The default kernel is already above 543 on an x86. > > Although bzImage helps, why not just remove zImage and put some > > zImage: bzImage > > into the Makefiles? > > Besides: what is the current absolute limit of 2.1 kernels with > bzImage again? I consider it useful to have a fully-fledged kernel with > everything linked in - no modules. Might be safety reasons, might be > shutting down the hard disk after boot (well, okay, insmod without > removable option would do also), might be saving the kernel module > loader overhead or anything else. > > -- > Matthias Andree > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >
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