Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 10:25:50 +1300 From: Jamie Walker <jamiew@clear.net.nz> To: Benjamin Lutz <benlutz@datacomm.ch> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why is the FreeBSD kernel so much bigger than the Linux kernel? Message-ID: <3A6DF6DE.FF2B279F@clear.net.nz> References: <NDBBKGBBKDPDNFIFCJEJEEDOCHAA.benlutz@datacomm.ch>
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Benjamin Lutz wrote: > Talking with a few friends we suddenly noticed that the FreeBSD kernel is > lots bigger (about 3 times) than the Linux kernel - how so? Also, what > average kernel size do you guys have? The Linux kernel is compressed on disk. I suspect the FreeBSD kernel may not be. -- Email: jamiew@clear.net.nz ICQ: 5632563 or shout loudly To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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