Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 5 Oct 2002 20:56:49 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 5 Oct 2002 20:56:46 -0400 Received: from modemcable061.219-201-24.mtl.mc.videotron.ca ([24.201.219.61]:43668 "EHLO montezuma.mastecende.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 5 Oct 2002 20:56:44 -0400 Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2002 21:00:06 -0400 (EDT) From: Zwane Mwaikambo X-X-Sender: zwane@montezuma.mastecende.com To: William Lee Irwin III cc: Gigi Duru , Subject: Re: The end of embedded Linux? In-Reply-To: <20021006005048.GH10722@holomorphy.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1059 Lines: 29 On Sat, 5 Oct 2002, William Lee Irwin III wrote: > I actually find this relatively disturbing: > > Memory: 2584k/4352k available (881k kernel code, 1380k reserved, 171k data, 56k > init, 0k hi) > > To truly scale this far downward finding ways to use less than 40% of > RAM on things allocated at or before boot-time seems necessary, > especially trimming down that 881KB. > > I'll have to apologize that it's unlikely I'll be able to take any > direct action toward addressing this problem as my focus is elsewhere, > but I consider this a valid and even important concern. Indeed, the box in question didn't require any more memory for its application so that somewhat bloated kernel was sufficient. I could have saved a bit more by removing a lot of drivers, e.g. IDE Zwane -- function.linuxpower.ca - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/