Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263208AbUCRWRI (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Mar 2004 17:17:08 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263232AbUCRWRI (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Mar 2004 17:17:08 -0500 Received: from mail017.syd.optusnet.com.au ([211.29.132.168]:1744 "EHLO mail017.syd.optusnet.com.au") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263212AbUCRWQ5 (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Mar 2004 17:16:57 -0500 From: Peter Chubb MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <16474.8079.179369.536317@wombat.chubb.wattle.id.au> Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 09:15:43 +1100 To: John Bradford Cc: Felix von Leitner , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Remove kernel features (for embedded systems) In-Reply-To: <369036857@toto.iv> X-Mailer: VM 7.17 under 21.4 (patch 15) "Security Through Obscurity" XEmacs Lucid Comments: Hyperbole mail buttons accepted, v04.18. X-Face: GgFg(Z>fx((4\32hvXq<)|jndSniCH~~$D)Ka:P@e@JR1P%Vr}EwUdfwf-4j\rUs#JR{'h# !]])6%Jh~b$VA|ALhnpPiHu[-x~@<"@Iv&|%R)Fq[[,(&Z'O)Q)xCqe1\M[F8#9l8~}#u$S$Rm`S9% \'T@`:&8>Sb*c5d'=eDYI&GF`+t[LfDH="MP5rwOO]w>ALi7'=QJHz&y&C&TE_3j! Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 843 Lines: 21 >>>>> "John" == John Bradford writes: >> And if it is at all possible, I would like to be able to remove >> parts of the IP stack, e.g. routing. In particular, I would like >> to be able to remove policy routing, if it is at all worth it from >> the code size point of view. John> Why not just write your own IP stack in userspace, if you're John> doing a heavily embedded system? You mean, like http://www.sics.se/~adam/lwip/ ?? -- Dr Peter Chubb http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au peterc AT gelato.unsw.edu.au The technical we do immediately, the political takes *forever* - 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/