On Jun 26, 2005, at 9:21 AM, David Laight wrote:

> Something has to give, the isp driver is 400k - mainly due to over  
> 300k
> of 'microcode'.  The other alternative is to remove the 'ath' driver,
> and that would be less popular.

Ok, let's start by eliminating devices that won't ever actually  
appear in an amd64 system, then:

     acardide
     aceride
     cypide
     optiide
     siside
     slide

"artsata" is probably a good candidate for removal, as well -- I have  
never seen generally-available PCI add-in boards that have that chip  
on it, and I doubt anyone ever will (Intel markets it for use in  
embedded systems; even their PC chipsets use a different SATA  
controller).

You could probably also eliminate:

     en (ENI / Adaptec ATM)
     esh (Essential HIPPI)
     lmc (LAN Media HSSI)
     ntwoc (Riscom/N2 sync serial)

Probably could also eliminate "ppp" -- do we REALLY support  
downloading install sets via ppp link in the installer?

-- thorpej