On Wed, Jan 25, 2006 at 07:45:38AM -0800, Dan Malek wrote: > I wouldn't say "considerably" slower, but there are some > performance differences. It's most evident on the > smaller, slower processors, like the 8xx, but we have > taken steps to alleviate that. The problem is 2.6 is just > bigger with more stuff in it. You want the new features, > you have to pay for that somewhere. I think it would > help if the kernel was a little more configurable for > embedded systems. It seems there is just too much > stuff in a basic kernel that I wish could be stripped out.
Many things can be stripped out with LinuxTiny patches: http://www.selenic.com/linux-tiny/ -otto
