Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2013 20:59:37 +0300 From: Kimmo Paasiala <kpaasial@gmail.com> To: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org>, Amit Rawat <aamitr4@gmail.com> Subject: Re: GSOC 2013 project " Kernel Size Reduction for Embedded System " Message-ID: <CA%2B7WWSeWQsSqtNoj_MqAzcL1sL13B-6WAMt0iw7AJMBiOpEKsA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1304091953060.13438@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <CAOhv3dpTM9J9oiLpdw8xOAToXT_tQ3VW4Mv1F%2B8n7xhG%2BJK93w@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1304091935490.13342@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <516452C7.7040607@mu.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1304091953060.13438@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 8:53 PM, Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> wrote: >>> And yes FreeBSD kernel is huge. doesn't really matter with 1GB or more >>> RAM but yes - it is huge even relative to linux. >> >> >> Ah, any insight as to why? > > my custom compiled kernel: > > -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 8791402 6 kwi 22:08 /boot//kernel/kernel > > only with features i need. linux is AFAIK like 3-4MB uncompressed. > Your comparison is far from accurate, include the memory taken by loaded kernel modules on both systems and then you might get some proper numbers. -Kimmo
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