Haseldow
07-22-2004, 07:54 AM
Hi,
I'm trying to do a 2.4.22 lowmem kernel with ppp support. This is for a 486 laptop with 4MB RAM, which I would connect to another Linux box using a null-modem cable (serial link).
Regardless of how much I work around with the config, the kernel ends up bloated. I think I'm beyond the point where I can rip anything more off the kernel and still keep it working on the laptop.
The old (working) kernel is a 2.4.22 lowmem kernel from Slackware 9.1 (with no ppp or loadable module support).
If I do make oldconfig and compile, it still ends up bloated.
I do the kernel compilation a VMware virtual machine which has exactly the same setup (and lowmem kernel) as the laptop, but this should have nothing to do with the kernel size? Of course the emulated hardware is different from that of the laptop and memory is adjusted to 256MB (during the compilation process).
What gives?
Regards,
-Haseldow
I'm trying to do a 2.4.22 lowmem kernel with ppp support. This is for a 486 laptop with 4MB RAM, which I would connect to another Linux box using a null-modem cable (serial link).
Regardless of how much I work around with the config, the kernel ends up bloated. I think I'm beyond the point where I can rip anything more off the kernel and still keep it working on the laptop.
The old (working) kernel is a 2.4.22 lowmem kernel from Slackware 9.1 (with no ppp or loadable module support).
If I do make oldconfig and compile, it still ends up bloated.
I do the kernel compilation a VMware virtual machine which has exactly the same setup (and lowmem kernel) as the laptop, but this should have nothing to do with the kernel size? Of course the emulated hardware is different from that of the laptop and memory is adjusted to 256MB (during the compilation process).
What gives?
Regards,
-Haseldow