Re: Linux 2.4.34-pre1

Grant Coady
2006-08-19T01:20:39Z

On Sat, 19 Aug 2006 01:25:01 +0200, Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> wrote:

>Does anyone have an example with working kernels for both 2.4 and 2.6
>and a significantely bigger functionally equivalent 2.6 kernel?

grant@peetoo:~$ ls -l /boot/bzImage-2.*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1138921 2006-07-30 07:18 /boot/bzImage-2.4.30-hf32.7
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1139045 2006-07-30 06:35 /boot/bzImage-2.4.31-hf32.7
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1139058 2006-07-30 06:00 /boot/bzImage-2.4.32-hf32.7
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1138830 2006-08-12 15:55 /boot/bzImage-2.4.33-final
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1632535 2006-07-29 16:34 /boot/bzImage-2.6.16.27a
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1644014 2006-08-09 14:48 /boot/bzImage-2.6.17.8a
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1643932 2006-08-14 05:25 /boot/bzImage-2.6.17.8b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1668673 2006-08-09 16:25 /boot/bzImage-2.6.18-rc4a

grant@sempro:~$ ls -l /boot/bzImage-2.*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1129330 2006-07-30 07:04 /boot/bzImage-2.4.30-hf32.7
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1129379 2006-07-30 06:35 /boot/bzImage-2.4.31-hf32.7
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1129523 2006-07-30 05:46 /boot/bzImage-2.4.32-hf32.7
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1133768 2006-08-12 15:55 /boot/bzImage-2.4.33-final
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1783286 2006-07-29 16:34 /boot/bzImage-2.6.16.27a
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1746301 2006-08-09 14:48 /boot/bzImage-2.6.17.8a
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1746294 2006-08-14 05:23 /boot/bzImage-2.6.17.8b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1795269 2006-08-07 09:33 /boot/bzImage-2.6.18-rc3-mm2a
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1770411 2006-08-09 16:25 /boot/bzImage-2.6.18-rc4a

grant@silly:~$ ls -l /boot/bzImage-2.*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1042781 2006-07-30 07:25 /boot/bzImage-2.4.30-hf32.7
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1042926 2006-07-30 06:45 /boot/bzImage-2.4.31-hf32.7
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1042947 2006-07-30 06:04 /boot/bzImage-2.4.32-hf32.7
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1042782 2006-08-12 15:55 /boot/bzImage-2.4.33-final
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1417798 2006-07-29 16:34 /boot/bzImage-2.6.16.27a
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1430140 2006-08-09 14:48 /boot/bzImage-2.6.17.8a
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1451699 2006-08-09 16:32 /boot/bzImage-2.6.18-rc4a

grant@stinkpad:~$ ls -l /boot/bzImage-2.*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 795909 2006-07-30 07:08 /boot/bzImage-2.4.30-hf32.7
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 795939 2006-07-30 06:23 /boot/bzImage-2.4.31-hf32.7
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 831636 2006-07-30 05:45 /boot/bzImage-2.4.32-hf32.7
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 831623 2006-08-12 16:25 /boot/bzImage-2.4.33-final
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 831614 2006-07-28 12:08 /boot/bzImage-2.4.33-rc3
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1155031 2006-07-29 16:33 /boot/bzImage-2.6.16.27a
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1140869 2006-07-29 14:10 /boot/bzImage-2.6.17.7a
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1141543 2006-08-09 14:48 /boot/bzImage-2.6.17.8a
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1767681 2006-08-02 16:17 /boot/bzImage-2.6.18-rc3a [1]
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1770411 2006-08-09 15:59 /boot/bzImage-2.6.18-rc4a [1]

grant@tosh:~$ ls -l /boot/bzImage-2.*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1001949 2006-07-30 07:18 /boot/bzImage-2.4.30-hf32.7
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1003065 2006-07-30 06:35 /boot/bzImage-2.4.31-hf32.7
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1001865 2006-07-30 06:01 /boot/bzImage-2.4.32-hf32.7
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1001815 2006-08-12 15:55 /boot/bzImage-2.4.33-final
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1758378 2006-07-29 16:34 /boot/bzImage-2.6.16.27a
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1765996 2006-08-09 14:48 /boot/bzImage-2.6.17.8a
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1770972 2006-08-09 16:25 /boot/bzImage-2.6.18-rc4a

grant@niner:~$ ls -l /boot/bzImage-2.*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 849759 2006-07-30 07:21 /boot/bzImage-2.4.30-hf32.7
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 849671 2006-07-30 06:35 /boot/bzImage-2.4.31-hf32.7
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 925166 2006-07-30 06:00 /boot/bzImage-2.4.32-hf32.7
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 925027 2006-08-12 15:55 /boot/bzImage-2.4.33-final
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1331906 2006-07-29 16:33 /boot/bzImage-2.6.16.27a
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1340701 2006-08-09 14:49 /boot/bzImage-2.6.17.8a
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1361000 2006-08-09 16:25 /boot/bzImage-2.6.18-rc4a

Looks like a consistent ~40% bloat to me ;)

Configs (grep = .config) up on <http://bugsplatter.mine.nu/test/>, very
similar configs as I dual boot 2.4 / 2.6 for testing. NICs and vfst/ntfs
as modules on boxen dual-boot 'doze/linux.

2.6 boots but no longer works properly on box deltree since last couple
releases, I have no desire to take the firewall box down to discover why
2.6 no longer does networking like it used to. 2.6 leaving old hardware
behind, who cares? Is why I stay with 2.4 on older hardware.

[1] fails to boot, locks up just after lilo, too early in boot to gain
any clues at all :( IBM 365X early model, usually runs win98, an orphan?

Grant.