re: diced kernel
Ivo Timmermans (tw835381@dutiwy.twi.tudelft.nl)
Thu, 27 Jun 1996 16:38:15 +0200 (METDST)
> >> linux-unarch-2.1.5.tar.gz
> >> linux-i386-2.1.5.tar.gz
> >
> > this is uninformed nonsense, since a little use of du will show
> > that most of the filespace is consumed by drivers, not architecture
> > dependent code.
>
> Then have 'make dep' remove everything that won't be needed.
And then you decided that you forgot to include a driver in the kernel,
which is by then deleted ungracefully.
> Better yet, have a make target (maybe related to 'make dep') that
> downloads the files you need individually.
No good for people with no internet connection directly from their
computers.
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Ivo