I've been working on a slim 2.2.16 kernel for BL2. So far I've got it down to 543kb. I'd like to make it smaller still, so that 486s with 8mb RAM will be able to run it in a ramdisk. Otherwise, I'm going to have to up the minimum requirement to 12mb RAM.
At the moment the BL2 kernel has the ability to use the full range of network cards. I may be able to get a much smaller kernel by eliminating most of those cards. So, I'm going to do a re-compile with just the six most popular NICs. Two of those cards will be NE2000 (both PCI and ISA) and 3c509. That leaves four places. So, guys, you tell me which network cards should go in BL2. Which are the most popular NICs for cable-modems? Which are the most popular NICs in 486s and low-end Pentiums? Note: people with NICs not in BL2 will still be able to use it. They simply download a new kernel from Slack71 (the bare.i bzimage has support for all NICs). And, as now, they also need to download the correct Slack71 module for their NIC. Cheers, Steven To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
