Sometimes it matters to be small and sometimes fast. That is a decision made by the kernel hacker. Joe user does not make these decisions because he/she does not understand the overall impact.
As someone else who writes code for this fine os would say: removing drivers is pure masturbation. On Fri, Jun 06, 2008 at 06:05:06PM +0900, Jordi Beltran Creix wrote: > Then what is the meaning of this comment in the kernel's memcpy? > A few kbs don't matter, yet a dozen bytes do? > > > /* > > * This is designed to be small, not fast. > > */ > > > 2008/6/6, Nick Holland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Jon wrote: > >>> I usually name the kernel to the machine hostname, but you can give it > >>> any name. Edit the kernel config file: > >>> > >>> Remove any hardware related options that are not relevant to your > >>> machine. > >>> > >> http://www.muine.org/~hoang/openpf.html#customize > >> > >> Why would someone want to do this? Is this nothing more than saving a > >> negligible amount of memory? > > > > The biggest reasons to do this are because you have too much time > > on your hands, and you want to impress people by having things > > break, then you swoop in to rescue everyone from your fabricated > > disaster. See, computers are supposed to be unreliable and > > impossible to understand and take lots of effort just to keep > > running and such. If they Just Work, you haven't proven anything > > other than your skill at careful design and planning, People > > don't appreciate that, they much prefer to see you in action. > > Heroes rescue people from obvious danger, they don't avoid problems > > proactively. Hey, if you gotta encourage them out onto the ledge > > so you can be a hero, whatever. > > > > Fortunately, most computer people would rather be fighting with > > existing computer systems than planning avoiding future problems > > or documenting things. After all, it's not the quality of job > > that counts, it's the effort people see you putting into it. > > > > > > > > Any fool can put up a website and say anything they want. Just > > because you saw it on the 'net doesn't make it true. After that > > crap of an introduction, I'm not going to bother reading the > > rest of what this person has to say. > > > > See FAQ5 for the official line on this topic. > > > > (alternate response: a few k here, a few k there, soon you are > > still talking about nothing of significance...) > > > > Nick.
