From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Limited RAM - how to save it?
Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2001 14:15:19 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3BE70F77.7030002@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E160s6q-0006o6-00@the-village.bc.nu>
Alan Cox wrote:
>>4 MB was the practical minimum for even the very early versions of
>>Linux. I would probably suggest backrevving to 2.0 (which is still
>>maintained) or even 1.2 (which isn't) for a start...
>>
> There is no 1.2 kernel tree that is secure from remote attack
>
Doesn't matter much if your system is a standalone embedded system, does
it? (Not that I know if the original poster's system was such, but such
systems definitely exist in plenty.)
-hpa
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-11-05 22:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-11-05 11:52 Limited RAM - how to save it? Jan-Benedict Glaw
2001-11-05 13:02 ` Matt Bernstein
2001-11-06 10:58 ` szonyi calin
2001-11-06 11:23 ` Matt Bernstein
2001-11-05 20:21 ` H. Peter Anvin
2001-11-05 22:20 ` Alan Cox
2001-11-05 22:15 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2001-11-06 6:58 ` Lars Brinkhoff
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