Subject: Re: growing kernel
To: Patrick Welche <prlw1@newn.cam.ac.uk>
From: David Brownlee <abs@netbsd.org>
List: current-users
Date: 04/12/2001 23:41:35
	A lot of code has been added in the meantime - a new VM system,
	enhancements to TCP/IP, and much more.
	Some work has been done in making more code optional under
	#ifdefs, such as NFS3, and inline VOPS. More hands are always
	welcome ;)

		David/absolute		-- www.netbsd.org: No hype required --


On Thu, 12 Apr 2001, Patrick Welche wrote:

> I was about to upgrade my old 386DX25 4Mb RAM 40Mb HD from NetBSD 1.3F, but
> binaries have grown, so I run out of space. Taking the kernel, very similar
> config files generate
>
> 654280 Jul 12  1998 1.3F
> 911896 Apr 12 21:42 1.5U
>
> I say similar, the differences are that I added:
>
> makeoptions     COPTS="-Os"     # Optimise for space. Implies -O2
> options         NTP             # NTP phase/frequency locked loop
>
> and I used isa* wd* fd* rather than isa0 wd0 fd0.
>
> Can this really make such a difference?
>
> currently
>
> # df -k
> Filesystem  1K-blocks     Used    Avail Capacity  Mounted on
> /dev/wd0a       31983    29659      724    98%    /
>
> Musings?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Patrick
>