Re[2]: linux port

Mike Kilburn (mike@conexio.co.za)
Thu, 14 May 1998 21:48:40 +0200 (SAST)

> There's not much reason to go for an early kernel, since the 500k
> max you'll save is small compared to the size of memory and the
> size of the app. The extra performance of the newer kernels is
> probably worth more.

This really depends on the amount/cost of the flash, not the RAM. People
using Linux in small flash devices are very sensitive to just a few K
increase in compressed kernel size. And modules dont help in this situation.
The cost of 2.0->2.2 in a limited flash device is quite large. 2.2 will
have more features and thats the tradeoff to consider. If you can get
away with it 1.0.9 is a lovely kernel wrt to size.

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