Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 15 Oct 2003 06:10:15 -0700 | From | William Lee Irwin III <> | Subject | Re: Unbloating the kernel, action list |
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On Tue, 2003-10-14 15:56:38 -0700, cliff white <cliffw@osdl.org> >> 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.
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