From: William Lee Irwin III <wli@holomorphy.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: jbglaw@lug-owl.de
Subject: Re: Unbloating the kernel, action list
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 06:10:15 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20031015131015.GR16158@holomorphy.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20031015124842.GE20846@lug-owl.de>
On Tue, 2003-10-14 15:56:38 -0700, cliff white <cliffw@osdl.org>
>> Marco, if you could supply time on a small client box, and a desired .config,
>> we can add you as a Tinderbox client,
>> then you have a place to point people when the size increases.
On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 02:48:42PM +0200, Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote:
> I can put on the table:
> 486SLC, 12MB RAM
> i386, 8MB RAM (hey, this box is nearly build up by discrete parts:)
> Am386, 8MB RAM
> P-Classic, 32MB RAM (even that much RAM can go short after an uptme of
> about a month...)
> Unfortunately, you need an additional kernel patch because nearly all
> distros are using mach==i486 which gives you nice sigills on an i386
> otherwise...
> MfG, JBG
Can you quantify the performance impact of cmov emulation (or whatever
it is)? I have a vague notion it could be hard given the daunting task
of switching userspace around to verify it.
-- wli
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-10-15 13:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-10-14 11:44 Unbloating the kernel, was: :mem=16MB laptop testing Marco Fioretti
2003-10-14 12:02 ` William Lee Irwin III
2003-10-14 13:24 ` Rik van Riel
2003-10-14 14:30 ` jlnance
2003-10-14 14:54 ` Richard B. Johnson
2003-10-14 16:27 ` Maciej Zenczykowski
2003-10-14 17:33 ` John Bradford
2003-10-14 17:51 ` Richard B. Johnson
2003-10-15 12:43 ` Jan-Benedict Glaw
2003-10-15 13:06 ` William Lee Irwin III
2003-10-15 16:52 ` H. Peter Anvin
2003-10-15 13:08 ` Nick Piggin
2003-10-17 11:50 ` Jan-Benedict Glaw
2003-10-17 23:21 ` Nick Piggin
2003-10-14 18:35 ` tabris
2003-10-14 21:11 ` Roger Larsson
2003-10-15 11:45 ` Jan-Benedict Glaw
2003-10-15 13:06 ` William Lee Irwin III
2003-10-15 13:22 ` Jan-Benedict Glaw
2003-10-24 15:47 ` bill davidsen
2003-10-15 6:06 ` Sandy Harris
2003-10-24 15:59 ` bill davidsen
2003-10-24 16:55 ` M. Fioretti
2003-10-24 17:14 ` bill davidsen
2003-10-25 17:42 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2003-10-28 9:12 ` Rob Landley
2003-10-14 21:43 ` Unbloating the kernel, action list M. Fioretti
2003-10-14 22:30 ` Martin J. Bligh
2003-10-14 22:56 ` cliff white
2003-10-15 12:48 ` Jan-Benedict Glaw
2003-10-15 13:10 ` William Lee Irwin III [this message]
2003-10-15 15:05 ` Jan-Benedict Glaw
2003-10-19 11:21 ` Adrian Bunk
2003-10-21 8:04 ` Jan-Benedict Glaw
2003-10-15 18:16 ` Gabriel Paubert
2003-10-16 5:19 ` Jan-Benedict Glaw
2003-10-16 8:16 ` Gabriel Paubert
2003-10-16 16:16 ` Jan-Benedict Glaw
2003-10-17 20:26 ` M. Fioretti
2003-10-17 20:10 ` M. Fioretti
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