Subject: Re: New FOURMEG kernel
To: David Brownlee <abs@netbsd.org>
From: Ben Harris <bjh21@netbsd.org>
List: port-arm26
Date: 07/19/2000 20:32:21
On Wed, 19 Jul 2000, David Brownlee wrote:

> 	I just saw a posting to the handhelds list asking about reducing the
> 	size of the linux kernel. Whiloe not directly applicable, I wondered
> 	if some of the concepts might be useful for NetBSD - reducing hash
> 	tables and suchlike.

Hmm.  I wonder if reducing MAXUSERS has useful effects on run-time memory
consumption.  I'll try it for the next FOURMEG kernel.

> 	It might be useful to have a set of kernel options that provide
> 	the ability to be smaller at the expense of performance or
> 	even features.

I've been thinking that too.  I shall probably make a list of how big
everything is to satisfy my own curiosity.

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Ben Harris                                                   <bjh21@netbsd.org>
Portmaster, NetBSD/arm26               <URL:http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/arm26/>