Subject: Re: 1.5_Beta on 3100/M76 and MVII (hare and tortoise syndrome)
To: NetBSD Bob <nbsdbob@weedcon1.cropsci.ncsu.edu>
From: Ignatios Souvatzis <ignatios@theory.cs.uni-bonn.de>
List: port-vax
Date: 10/27/2000 12:02:31
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On Thu, Oct 26, 2000 at 12:53:05PM -0400, NetBSD Bob wrote:
> > Has bit bloat finally set into the VAX port?
>=20
> For fun, I checked some generic kernel sizes for VAX.....
>=20
> 32V                         59528
>=20
> 4.2BSD                     291840
>=20
> 4.3BSD                     407552
>=20
> 4.3BSD-Quasijarus(1999)    484352
>=20
> NetBSD-1.2                      ?
>=20
> NetBSD-1.3                 865218
>=20
> NetBSD-1.4                1015803
>=20
> NetBSD-1.5                1402255
>=20
> Are we bloating a bit around the seams...(:+}}...
>=20
> Yeah, I know, it is only important for MVII critters and odd
> stray 11/730's, but my, how we have grown.....
>=20
> I pine for the light dainty crispness of a 4.3BSD, for example,
> especially on something as slow as an MVII or even an MV3100/10
> kind of box.
>=20
> What is the bloat due to, gccisms?

additional networking protocols, for one. Crypto stuff.

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