Then what is the meaning of this comment in the kernel's memcpy? A few kbs don't matter, yet a dozen bytes do?
> /* > * This is designed to be small, not fast. > */ 2008/6/6, Nick Holland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Jon wrote: >>> I usually name the kernel to the machine hostname, but you can give it >>> any name. Edit the kernel config file: >>> >>> Remove any hardware related options that are not relevant to your >>> machine. >>> >> http://www.muine.org/~hoang/openpf.html#customize >> >> Why would someone want to do this? Is this nothing more than saving a >> negligible amount of memory? > > The biggest reasons to do this are because you have too much time > on your hands, and you want to impress people by having things > break, then you swoop in to rescue everyone from your fabricated > disaster. See, computers are supposed to be unreliable and > impossible to understand and take lots of effort just to keep > running and such. If they Just Work, you haven't proven anything > other than your skill at careful design and planning, People > don't appreciate that, they much prefer to see you in action. > Heroes rescue people from obvious danger, they don't avoid problems > proactively. Hey, if you gotta encourage them out onto the ledge > so you can be a hero, whatever. > > Fortunately, most computer people would rather be fighting with > existing computer systems than planning avoiding future problems > or documenting things. After all, it's not the quality of job > that counts, it's the effort people see you putting into it. > > > > Any fool can put up a website and say anything they want. Just > because you saw it on the 'net doesn't make it true. After that > crap of an introduction, I'm not going to bother reading the > rest of what this person has to say. > > See FAQ5 for the official line on this topic. > > (alternate response: a few k here, a few k there, soon you are > still talking about nothing of significance...) > > Nick.
