Well let me suggest something
Linux-2.0 + Xserver -su -bs + original fvwm + rxvts + ash + joe in rxvt + lcc
Now tell me the problem is the kernel
> A serious ftp server or web server probably use more than 64 MB.
Web servers need little RAM. Current FTP servers need a lot because wu.ftpd
is a pile of crud when it comes to the word 'efficient'. I dunno if other
ftpds are better and useful. Troll ftpd is efficient but not quite right
somewhere.
> Now imagine a system with 128 MB of RAM and some controller(s) that use(s)
> ISA/DMA and:
If you can afford 128Mb of RAM you can afford PCI bus DMA
> Managing such situation may complexify the kernel too much.
Indeed
> In this case, garbaging 1 MB of memory at startup for ISA/DMA need is
> probably a good solution.
Why waste memory ?
Alan