When thinking about kernel support in emdebian, for some boards/boxes it is never going to be possible to have tailored kernels available - there would just be too many and it would be difficult to maintain them from release to release with new kernel options appearing all the time.
However for the rest at least as a starter, having a stock kernel is possible. An example of this are the PcEngines Alix boards, and mini-ITX boards, most of which need either a -486 or -686 kernel. However the standard kernels from debian, even with the documentation and other unnecessary stuff removed, are enormous - which is fine because they are designed to run on a wide variety of hardware so (almost) all possible modules are included, and on the systems at which they are aimed disk space is not at a premium. The 486 kernel, for example, says it needs 68M of disk space when installed. But for many boards with either CF or NAND storage, space is at a premium. However the udebs used by the debian installer for the kernel are packaged rather differently, with the kernel and the modules separated out. So the base kernel is only 3M, and then you add the modules, or at least module families that you need. So you might choose to ignore LVM, but include all the wireless nics on a board intended as a wireless router. Now I am not quite sure how the udebs differ from debs, and whether it would be easy to adapt to using them, but if it were possible I am sure it would be useful. David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
