From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Tue, 03 Feb 2004 15:18:45 +0000 (GMT) Received: from p508B78F8.dip.t-dialin.net ([IPv6:::ffff:80.139.120.248]:63060 "EHLO mail.linux-mips.net") by linux-mips.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 3 Feb 2004 15:18:44 +0000 Received: from fluff.linux-mips.net (fluff.linux-mips.net [127.0.0.1]) by mail.linux-mips.net (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id i13FIhex000857 for ; Tue, 3 Feb 2004 16:18:43 +0100 Received: (from ralf@localhost) by fluff.linux-mips.net (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) id i13FIhh2000856 for linux-mips@linux-mips.org; Tue, 3 Feb 2004 16:18:43 +0100 Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 16:18:43 +0100 From: Ralf Baechle To: "'linux-mips@linux-mips.org'" Subject: Re: MIPS Kernel size Message-ID: <20040203151843.GD27848@linux-mips.org> References: <490E0430C3C72046ACF7F18B7CD76A2A56955E@KES.camcare.com> <20040203145014.GK28571@lug-owl.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040203145014.GK28571@lug-owl.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Return-Path: X-Envelope-To: <"|/home/ecartis/ecartis -s linux-mips"> (uid 0) X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org X-archive-position: 4256 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org X-original-sender: ralf@linux-mips.org Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips On Tue, Feb 03, 2004 at 03:50:14PM +0100, Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote: > > I like the idea of the -tiny tree and I hope that these changes get merged > > back into the main kernel tree. One of Linux's historic advantages is that > > it can run on older equipment but the trend seems to be supporting only > > current equipment > > It's even running on VAXen. But I admit that I like having more than 8MB > of RAM, though... At least that explains why you say you don't need heating :-) Ralf