I have a machine with 48MB of RAM that I want to use as a server. The OpenBSD kernel is a bit over 5MB. I assume that gets loaded into memory and is not swappable, giving me 43MB left, which isn't a lot.
Is it worth recompiling the kernel to remove support for features I'm not using --- IPv6, say, or the Microchannel bus --- on the principle that reducing the size of the kernel will give more memory for doing other things, and therefore generally speed the system up? Or will not using GENERIC cause more problems than it's worth? And if it is worth recompiling the kernel, can anyone recommend any particularly big features it would be worth taking out? -- b bb o=o=o< o=o=o=o= o=o=o= o<o=o=o= bbb http://www.cowlark.com bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb b "Wizards get cranky, / Dark days dawn, / Riders smell manky, / The road b goes on. / Omens are lowering, / Elves go West; / The Shire needs b scouring, / You may as well quest." - John M. Ford [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/pgp-signature which had a name of signature.asc]
