Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > On Mon, Nov 05, 2007 at 07:55:42PM -0500, Wade, Daniel wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Ted Unangst [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Mon 11/5/2007 7:43 PM >> To: Wade, Daniel >> Cc: misc@openbsd.org >> Subject: Re: avail mem is only 66% of real mem >> >> >>On 11/5/07, Wade, Daniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Any guess as to why I'm losing about 33% of my RAM? >> >> When you are only working with 32MB to start with every little bit counts. >> >> >the kernel and the buffer cache have to go somewhere. >> >> ouch, I guess most people don't notice that 10MB when they actually have some >> RAM in their computers. O-well, that's what I get for running old hardware. > > This may be one of those times when it may be permissible (forgivable) > to recompile the kernel with components removed that are unnecessary for > your older hardware.
Only if you can answer the question, "what problem is it creating?" Rolling your own kernel WILL cause problems. Now, the question is, are the new problems less than the problems you are having with the GENERIC kernel? Simply seeing a "small" amount of RAM after the kernel loads is NOT defined as a problem, btw. Heck, the OP still has a lot of RAM left over for simple userland apps. If he's really running that much "stuff" in his machine that he's exhausting that, he really needs an upgrade of his hardware... you just can't gain enough by removing drivers to really change the fact that he's got a really small machine by 2007 standards. If what he is doing works well in 32M, great, but don't expect to customize your way into running Mozilla... Nick.
