On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 04:07:46PM -0700, Michael O'Keefe wrote:
yes, but you're left with a kernel that has hooks in it for hardware that you will NEVER use. If you want to reduce the memory footprint of the kernel (this was always my goal) you remove those unnecessary module hooks.
Fortunately, these kinds of things should be a lot more obvious than the majority of drivers that won't take any memory without being loaded. Most computers these days only have PCI and variants. It is generally safe to turn the IDE subsystem off entirely, since the SATA subsystem supports most modern PATA controllers. Turning off the old busses and interfaces will eliminate a lot of the drivers that don't apply. For the very bored, you could always true: make randconfig make install modules_install reboot repeat and after billions of years, you'll come across the best combination. David -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
