From: Nix <nix@esperi.org.uk>
To: Lee Revell <rlrevell@joe-job.com>
Cc: Heerath bh <heerath.bh@gmail.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Rebuilding Linux kernel
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 18:13:21 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8764o1vb26.fsf@amaterasu.srvr.nix> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1138605742.2799.149.camel@mindpipe> (Lee Revell's message of "30 Jan 2006 07:24:08 -0000")
On 30 Jan 2006, Lee Revell said:
> On Mon, 2006-01-30 at 12:33 +0530, Heerath bh wrote:
>>
>> Basically I am trying to rebuild the kernel.I am trying to make two
>> types of kernel.I am using Redhat 2.4 version on intel x86 machine.
>> 1.Deployment level kernel
>> 2.development level kernel.
>>
>> Deployment Level kernel:This kernel has to be a Very vanilla kernel. I
>> mean to say, it wil be having basic kernel services like:preemptive
>> kernel,memory
>>
>> management,scheduling&synchronization,sysatem
>> timers,IPC,Interrupt handling,multitasking.
>>
>
> You will need 2.6 for this, 2.4 is inadeuate (no preemption). 2.6.14 or
> 2.6.15 is a good choice.
He wants it to fit in 300K (of RAM? final image size? he didn't say).
No way will normal Linux kernels get that trim, nor any Linux-like
kernel supporting all the features he wants.
--
`I won't make a secret of the fact that your statement/question
sent a wave of shock and horror through us.' --- David Anderson
prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-01-30 18:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-01-30 7:03 Rebuilding Linux kernel Heerath bh
2006-01-30 7:19 ` Moses Marimo
2006-01-30 7:22 ` Denis Vlasenko
2006-01-30 7:29 ` David S. Miller
2006-01-30 18:48 ` Greg KH
2006-01-30 7:22 ` Lee Revell
2006-01-30 18:13 ` Nix [this message]
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