Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266136AbUFUHH5 (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Jun 2004 03:07:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266137AbUFUHH5 (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Jun 2004 03:07:57 -0400 Received: from [195.255.196.126] ([195.255.196.126]:21478 "EHLO gw.compusonic.fi") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266136AbUFUHHq (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Jun 2004 03:07:46 -0400 Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 10:07:44 +0300 (EEST) From: Hannu Savolainen X-X-Sender: hannu@zeus.compusonic.fi To: 4Front Technologies Cc: David Lang , Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Stop the Linux kernel madness In-Reply-To: <40D636EA.7090704@opensound.com> Message-ID: References: <40D232AD.4020708@opensound.com> <3217460000.1087518092@flay><40D23701.1030302@opensound.com> <1087573691.19400.116.camel@winden.suse.de><40D32C1D.80309@opensound.com> <20040618190257.GN14915@schnapps.adilger.int><40D34CB2.10900@opensound.com><200406181940.i5IJeBDh032311@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> <40D636EA.7090704@opensound.com> 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: 1572 Lines: 35 On Sun, 20 Jun 2004, 4Front Technologies wrote: > There are loads of other very specific drivers for embedded systems that > have no real applicability in the mainstream kernel like DSP boards, specialized > encryption board drivers, military grade video capture/display devices. There > are other things like PCI-Express "development" drivers that aren't stable and > developers need a way to build them outside the kernel. Everybody who still thinks it's going to be possible to have all possible drivers in the single package should go to /lib/modules and execute du -sk */kernel In my test machine the directory sizes seem to be between 10M and 300M depending on how the kernel was configured. For the Fedora Core 2 kernels the sizes are around 25M. When Linux was young it was possible to have the whole distribution fitted in that amount of space. What would the modules directory look like if the next generation devices get included there too? Or if all the drivers for currently unsupported defence, telecom, aviation, instrumentation and other special purpose devices get included in the kernel source tree? Best regards, Hannu ----- Hannu Savolainen (hannu@opensound.com) http://www.opensound.com (Open Sound System (OSS)) http://www.compusonic.fi (Finnish OSS pages) OH2GLH QTH: Karkkila, Finland LOC: KP20CM - 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/