Good morning,

I looked at the memory usage on GENERIC_LAPTOP and my customized kernel. =
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Indeed, the whole kernel gets loaded into the memory regardless of you ha=
ve=20
the devices in your system or not.  When I booted with the GENERIC_LAPTOP=
=20
kernel, dmesg indicates I have 350 Meg of free system RAM.  But when I bo=
ot=20
with my customized kernel, i.e., taking off any devices that I don't have=
=20
from the kernel config, dmesg indicates that I have 353 Meg of free syste=
m=20
RAM.  The GENERIC_LAPTOP kernel is about 4.3 Meg and my custimozed kernel=
 is=20
about 1.4 Meg in kernel size.  Therefore I am now back to the old ways,=20
reconfiguring the kernel with only the devices I have and booting from th=
e=20
customized kernel.  Thanks for your help.


Yours sincerely,
S. N. Cho,
Saturday, Dec. 22, 2002.




On Sunday 22 December 2002 06:16 am, Joshua Lee wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 20, 2002 at 10:24:34AM +0000, S. N. Cho wrote:
> > recompile the kernel with omitting every devices I do not have.  On t=
he
> > other
>
> Try adjustkernel if you want to disable devices you don't have. The res=
ult
> may need some tweaking but it takes most of the gruntwork out of editin=
g
> a kernel config file.