Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 6 Nov 1997 01:42:35 -0500 (EST) | From | James Mastros <> | Subject | Re: Shrinking kernel |
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On Tue, 4 Nov 1997, B. James Phillippe wrote: > On Tue, 4 Nov 1997, Horst von Brand wrote: > > "B. James Phillippe" <bryan@Terran.ORG> said: > > > I'm faced with the task of reducing the size of a > > > minimally-configured linux-2.0 kernel. [...] > > > > Use the ROMFS for a filesystem (should be good for some 20Kb above the > > alternatives). Pull the virtual console support out (or use just one > > VT). > > The VT stuff is good advice. I don't think we'll need support for more > than one console. > [...] > In fact, there's no keyboard or monitor. So you don't need any console (CONFIG_VT=CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=n).
> The main > size constraint isn't as much memory as it is floppy-disk space. I'm more > concerned with the physical size of the zImage than it's memory footprint. Is using a hardware read-only media possible? Possibly a bootdisk with a CD-ROM?
> Thanks for the advice, > -bp
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