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DrWoland
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 Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2005 10:04 pm Post subject: What's a good size for a kernel? |
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| Mine is ~1900kb. I only compiled the stuff I really need, but I hardly compiled anything as modules, since most of the stuff I need all the time. Is that an OK size? |
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NeddySeagoon
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| Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2005 10:07 pm Post subject: |
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DrWoland,
Not if you want to put it on a floppy.
Mine are all under 1Mb but I use modules where I can.
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DrWoland
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| NeddySeagoon wrote: | DrWoland,
Not if you want to put it on a floppy.
Mine are all under 1Mb but I use modules where I can. |
I don't want to put it on a floppy, just wondering what the average kernel size was. Does putting things as modules and hten putting them in autoload.d/kernel2.6 speed things up or is it pointless? Everything in that kernel is used every time I use my system, so there isn't much point in making them modules if they don't save me any performance. |
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NeddySeagoon
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DrWoland,
Using modules probably costs performance as they have to be loaded. You gain in flexability because its easue to tune things with module parameters. I could build more in.
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