Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261373AbUKFMHf (ORCPT ); Sat, 6 Nov 2004 07:07:35 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261375AbUKFMHe (ORCPT ); Sat, 6 Nov 2004 07:07:34 -0500 Received: from mailhost.tue.nl ([131.155.2.7]:36874 "EHLO mailhost.tue.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261373AbUKFMHW (ORCPT ); Sat, 6 Nov 2004 07:07:22 -0500 Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2004 13:07:16 +0100 From: Andries Brouwer To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Andries Brouwer , Adam Heath , Chris Wedgwood , Christoph Hellwig , Timothy Miller , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: support of older compilers Message-ID: <20041106120716.GA9144@pclin040.win.tue.nl> References: <20041103233029.GA16982@taniwha.stupidest.org> <20041105014146.GA7397@pclin040.win.tue.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i X-Spam-DCC: : Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1450 Lines: 39 # > > There are probably people even using linux-1.2. # > # > # uname -a # > Linux knuth 1.2.11 #27 Sun Jul 30 03:39:01 MET DST 1995 i486 # > # > (486 DX/2, 66MHz, 8 MB) # > # > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 281572 Jul 30 1995 zImage-1.2.11 # > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 277476 Apr 1 1995 zImage-1.2.2 # # Ok, you da man. What do you use it for? Or is it just lying around for # nostalgic reasons? One strength is the fact that it boots in a couple of seconds, while my current 2.6.9 with vendor boot scripts takes minutes. Another strength is the weight - exactly 2 kg. I write letters, papers, lecture notes and stuff. It feels faster than modern machines. Only need X, TeX, emacs and rsh, rcp. >> to remind us how large the kernel is getting? :) > Yeah, I know. Damn, it's scary. > The kernel does do more these days than it did in '95. But 6 times more? I recall the times where 4K was enough for a multiuser OS that provided each user its own virtual machine (and could run itself under itself). Small is beautiful. Six times? Today for me is -rw-r--r-- 1 aeb users 3161708 2004-11-06 01:19 /boot/bzImage-2.6.9test Probably I select more filesystems than you do. Andries - 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/