On Tue, Jul 24, 2001 at 12:38:43AM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote:
> >
> > IMO, it depends on the impact of the changes.  If it is just an increase
> > in the size of the kernel, go for it.  After all GENERIC is a pig anyway.
> > If it is going to slow down a GENERIC kernel, I would recommend against it.
> > While it is not recommended to run GENERIC for performance reasons, it is
> > often done, and the extra size is not really an issue on modern(*) x86
> > hardware.
> 
> for people who can't compile it's own kernel we should bother of
> performance.

Right, so I recommend against adding PS/2 support to GENERIC if it will have
a negative performance impact.

> > It would be quite painful to rebuild a custom kernel on a PS/2 with 16MB,
> > or even 8MB.  Especially if the kernel itself is over 5MB!
> 
> couldn't PS/2 things go to install-small?

For installation.  The question would be "What does systinst install for
kern.tgz on the PS/2?"

Personally I hope to never use a PS/2 again. :)

-Andrew