Re: [Sheflug] 2.4 kernel

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <nospam [at] sk.tsukuba.ac.jp>]

>>>>> "Will" == Will Newton <will [at] misconception.org.uk> writes:

    Will> On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, kbarrass wrote:

    >> ive just downloaded and compiled a copy of the 2.4 test2 kernel
    >> with the same minimal options as i was using on the 2.2.16 but
    >> the kernel is over 100 KB bigger is all this extra code bug
    >> fixes?

    Will> The difference in size is probably that the 2.2.16 kernel
    Will> was fully modularized whereas your 2.4.0test kernel is
    Will> likely more monolithic.

Actually, I would guess that a lot of extra functionality is now
standard, and you have to turn it _off_ to get rid of it, rather than
just omit turning it _on_.  Also, speed optimization of existing
routines is likely to result in bigger code.


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