On Mon, Nov 08, 2004 at 05:26:44PM +0000, ognjen Bezanov wrote: > Thanks for all the answers, > > In essence i want to keep the kernel small so that it boots up as fast > as possible. [snip] > > Do using (or not using) modules make a difference to the total size when > loaded into ram?
I leave Module support turned on, but once I have a pretty clear handle on things, I just compile everything I want as built-in. I think that compiling things you rarely use as modules would probably save some working set memory. On a G3 powerbook, I disabled USB support completely, Firewire completely, PCMCIA completely, and compiled SCSI as builtin, IDE as builtin, Alsa as builtin, Network as builtin, NFS as builtin, SMBFS as builtin, ISO9660/Compressed/etc as builtin, but things like NTFS and VFAT as modules. It's not hard. You just do it. The decision tree for "make menuconfig" isn't that broad or deep. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
