On Mar 7, 6:31, Remco Blaakmeer wrote: > On Fri, 6 Mar 1998, Albert Dorofeev wrote: > > > Howdy, > > > > I am wondering how big is the actual kernel > > of Linux? > > > > I cannot compile it with all options turned off > > for some reason, maybe someone can give me a > > ready answer? > > > > I would like to know what would be the size of > > the bare kernel stripped down to support only: > > > > * processes > > * threads > > * sync primitives > > * scheduling > > * memory management > > * interrupt support > > I don't know about the size, but you'll also want: > > * some filesystem support like ext2fs > * some binary executeable support like ELF or a.out > > If you don't include these, the kernel will boot but it won't be able to > do anything since it can not load programs.
I agree. However, the filesystem support and loading extra executable code are not that basic services. Of course, to make the system usable you would have to include more but I am wondering about the very basic functionality... Albert -- E-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST. Trouble? E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
