Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 18 Oct 2002 07:05:27 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 18 Oct 2002 07:05:27 -0400 Received: from mx6.mail.ru ([194.67.57.16]:48908 "EHLO mx6.mail.ru") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 18 Oct 2002 07:05:26 -0400 From: "Samium Gromoff" <_deepfire@mail.ru> To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: 2.5 and lowmemory boxens Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: mPOP Web-Mail 2.19 X-Originating-IP: 194.226.0.89 via proxy [194.226.0.63] Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 15:11:13 +0400 Reply-To: "Samium Gromoff" <_deepfire@mail.ru> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Message-Id: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 848 Lines: 20 first: i`ve successfully ran 2.5.43 on a 386sx20/4M ram notebook. the one problem was the ppp over serial not working, but i suspect that it just needs to be recompiled with 2.5 headers (am i right?). the other was, well, the fact that ultra-stripped 2.5.43 still used 200k more memory than 2.4.19, and thats despite it was compiled with -Os instead of -O2. actually it was 2000k free with 2.4 vs 1800k free with 2.5 i know Rik had plans of some ultra bloody embedded/lowmem changes for such cases. i`d like to hear about things in the area :) regards, Samium Gromoff, aka Serge Kosyrev - 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/