Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2001 12:41:29 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/release/alpha dokern.sh Message-ID: <20011117124128.A693@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.011117025405.jhb@FreeBSD.org>; from jhb@FreeBSD.ORG on Sat, Nov 17, 2001 at 02:54:05AM -0800 References: <200111161833.fAGIXJN18983@freefall.freebsd.org> <XFMail.011117025405.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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On Sat, Nov 17, 2001 at 02:54:05AM -0800, John Baldwin wrote: > > On 16-Nov-01 John Baldwin wrote: > > jhb 2001/11/16 10:33:19 PST > > > > Modified files: > > release/alpha dokern.sh > > Log: > > Axe SMP support, the ses device, and the atapifd device from the kern.flp > > boot kernel so it fits again. This actually gives us quite a bit of > > breathing room, so some more ethernet drivers might be turned on now in a > > later commit. > > Argh, the space gains I saw were in the uncompressed kernel and translated to > only 8k of savings in the compressed one. The alpha kernel is still 20k over > budget: > > # du -k /R/stage/image.kern > 211 /R/stage/image.kern/boot > 1460 /R/stage/image.kern > > Note that once I test may latest set of changes to the release stuff, we will > be able to use the GENERIC kernel for CD booting, so if there are platforms > which just have CD's and not floppies, we can safely axe them from the BOOTMFS > kernel used on the floppies. <Puts on Kevlar suit> Well.. I would propose to go as far as dropping floppy install completely for Alpha. Rationale: all Alphas have been supplied from day 1 with CD drives. DEC in it's days decided that CDs were the install medium of the future, and given the size of Alpha binaries the only sensible choice. Given that Alphas come either with builtin SCSI or (on newer models) IDE-CD boot support there is not really a valid reason to keep fighting the size of the install floppy. A US$ 5 surplus SCSI CD drive from a garagesale will get you running, so cost is also not really a valid reason not to either. </Kevlar suit> Comments? -- | / o / /_ _ email: wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte Arnhem, The Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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