Greetings, It might be useful to switch to ext2 so the journaling code can be dropped. In general, a bootloader mostly needs read only access anyway.
Might also be interesting to see how much network/socket code can be chopped out of a kernel/bootloader. G'day, sjames On Thu, 7 Aug 2003, Jeff Noxon wrote: > I just built 2.6.0-test2 in 441kB with one IDE DMA driver and ext3. > I have yet to try LinuxBIOS (waiting for some BIOS Saviors!), but it > looks like I will be able to do quite a lot with my Tyan Tiger MPX > (S2466N-4M) if I upgrade the BIOS chip to an 8mbit part. > > Doing anything useful with the 4mbit chip may still be a lost cause, > but it does look like 2.6.0 has lost some bloat. Perhaps if some > of us contribute more "embedded fat-trimming" patches we can make > linuxbios+linux+initrd fit easily in a half megabyte. > > Jeff > _______________________________________________ > Linuxbios mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios > -- -------------------------steven james, director of research, linux labs ... ........ ..... .... 230 peachtree st nw ste 2701 the original linux labs atlanta.ga.us 30303 -since 1995 http://www.linuxlabs.com office 404.577.7747 fax 404.577.7743 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios