Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751277AbWA3SNc (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Jan 2006 13:13:32 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751275AbWA3SNc (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Jan 2006 13:13:32 -0500 Received: from 41-052.adsl.zetnet.co.uk ([194.247.41.52]:7430 "EHLO mail.esperi.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751277AbWA3SNb (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Jan 2006 13:13:31 -0500 To: Lee Revell Cc: Heerath bh , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Rebuilding Linux kernel References: <1138605742.2799.149.camel@mindpipe> From: Nix X-Emacs: a learning curve that you can use as a plumb line. Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 18:13:21 +0000 In-Reply-To: <1138605742.2799.149.camel@mindpipe> (Lee Revell's message of "30 Jan 2006 07:24:08 -0000") Message-ID: <8764o1vb26.fsf@amaterasu.srvr.nix> User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) XEmacs/21.4 (Corporate Culture, linux) 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: 1233 Lines: 32 On 30 Jan 2006, Lee Revell said: > On Mon, 2006-01-30 at 12:33 +0530, Heerath bh wrote: >> >> Basically I am trying to rebuild the kernel.I am trying to make two >> types of kernel.I am using Redhat 2.4 version on intel x86 machine. >> 1.Deployment level kernel >> 2.development level kernel. >> >> Deployment Level kernel:This kernel has to be a Very vanilla kernel. I >> mean to say, it wil be having basic kernel services like:preemptive >> kernel,memory >> >> management,scheduling&synchronization,sysatem >> timers,IPC,Interrupt handling,multitasking. >> > > You will need 2.6 for this, 2.4 is inadeuate (no preemption). 2.6.14 or > 2.6.15 is a good choice. He wants it to fit in 300K (of RAM? final image size? he didn't say). No way will normal Linux kernels get that trim, nor any Linux-like kernel supporting all the features he wants. -- `I won't make a secret of the fact that your statement/question sent a wave of shock and horror through us.' --- David Anderson - 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/