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SubjectRe: proper place to discuss kernel 'bloatedness'?
On Fri, Jan 29, 1999 at 08:47:29PM -0700, Michael Loftis wrote:
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> Perhaps I need to re-iterate the problem...
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> I'm not concerned about speed issues nor other issues... Simple the huge
> footprint the kernel has. Many people (like myself) run Linux on small
> systems where popping open a 40MB tarball would overfill the disks. And
> even if you 'clean out' stuff manually you'll probably not have enough
> space to compile it and you run the risk of messing up the kernel...
But why compile a kernel on that machine? A compiled 2.2 kernel is not
very big at all. You can download binary packages for populer
distributions, or someone could probably compile a custom kernel for you.

>
> Below is df -h from my largest system running x86 Linux here
> Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on
> /dev/hda1 382M 315M 48M 87% /
>
> As you can see there's no way Linux could be compiled. This system will be
> effectively stuck at 2.0.35 forever.
My mailserver is running 2.1.125, no problem. It is a 486 dx2/66 with 270
mb disk. It is also a print server, dialup server.
>
> Below is a direct cut-n-paste from a response I wrote::
>
> I'm not saying necesarily (sp? I'm a programmer not an english major) that
> the main distro needs to be ripped up in this manner, but that maybe some
> sort of collective effort at establishing a de-facto mode-of-operations
> where drivers include some sort of standard-ish INFO file that could be
> used for an automated system. I don't have the resources to host anything
> but I'd be willing to give a go of it if someone is willing to give it a
> host and if people are willing to try it.
Maybe we could have a sepperate tar ball with the configuration stuff in
it. Then you could make a .config file and send it to someone for
compiling. It could even be made automatic. You send your .config to an
email address, and it mails you the kernel.

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> Michael Loftis
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> Normally I'd put something of great profoundness in here, but for now I am
> lacking profundity.
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