Dave Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, May 21, 2002 at 01:30:22PM -0600, Ronald G Minnich wrote: > > (This mail is easier to reply to with the quoting upside down and > inside out 8-) > > > linux is somewhat bigger. > > That doesn't appear to be the case to me.. > Lets compare apples with apples.. > > > --rw-r--r-- M 9 andrey andrey 22957 May 17 12:26 ether8390.8 > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10052 Feb 25 04:46 8390.o -rw-rw-r-- 1 eric eric 4656 May 21 12:57 ns8390.o > > --rw-r--r-- M 9 andrey andrey 36009 May 17 12:26 ether82557.8 > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 29204 Feb 25 04:46 eepro100.o -rw-rw-r-- 1 eric eric 4844 May 21 12:57 eepro100.o
> Each time, the Linux driver is smaller.. And the etherboot driver is even smaller. I could really only find the 2 drivers that paired up easily. Or course the Plan9 core is enough smaller than the Linux core that driver size increase may not be a problem. And the etherboot core is small enough etherboot can fit in 16K. Eric
