From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263120AbTJONHN (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Oct 2003 09:07:13 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263125AbTJONHM (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Oct 2003 09:07:12 -0400 Received: from holomorphy.com ([66.224.33.161]:12437 "EHLO holomorphy") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263120AbTJONHJ (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Oct 2003 09:07:09 -0400 Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 06:10:15 -0700 From: William Lee Irwin III To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: jbglaw@lug-owl.de Subject: Re: Unbloating the kernel, action list Message-ID: <20031015131015.GR16158@holomorphy.com> Mail-Followup-To: William Lee Irwin III , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, jbglaw@lug-owl.de References: <20031014214311.GC933@inwind.it> <16710000.1066170641@flay> <20031014155638.7db76874.cliffw@osdl.org> <20031015124842.GE20846@lug-owl.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031015124842.GE20846@lug-owl.de> Organization: The Domain of Holomorphy User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 2003-10-14 15:56:38 -0700, cliff white >> 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