Am 24.12.2011 um 12:06 schrieb Bruce Evans: > On Fri, 23 Dec 2011, Adrian Chadd wrote: > >> Well, the whole kernel is bloated at the moment, sorry. >> >> I've been trying to build the _bare minimum_ required to bootstrap >> -HEAD on these embedded boards and I can't get the kernel down below 5 >> megabytes - ie, one with FFS (with options disabled), MIPS, INET (no >> INET6), net80211, ath (which admittedly is big, but I need it no >> matter what, right?) comes in at: >> >> -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 5307021 Nov 29 19:14 kernel.LSSR71 >> >> And with INET6, on another board (and this includes MSDOS and the >> relevant geom modules): >> >> -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 5916759 Nov 28 12:00 kernel.RSPRO >> >> .. honestly, that's what should be addressed. That's honestly a bit >> ridiculous. > > It's disgusting, but what problems does it cause apart from minor slowness > from cache misses?
The flash chip on these devices only has 8MB; some of the really cheap ones only have 4MB (yes MB, not GB). And many have only 32MB RAM. It would be nice to have space for actual applications :-) Stefan -- Stefan Bethke <s...@lassitu.de> Fon +49 151 14070811 _______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
