Re: kernels gettin' bigger

Nick Moffitt <[email protected]> Fri, 2 Jan 2004 20:34:47 -0800
Newsgroups gmane.linux.bbc.devel
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begin  The ASCII Floating Head of Seth David Schoen  quotation:
> We found some individual machines that did not support it.  (I can go
> grep in the archive, but I remember seeing one with my own eyes.)
> 
> Would you consider that "anecdotal" rather than "quantitative"?

	Hmmm.  Do you know if this was a sub-pentium machine?

> KNOPPIX was still using SYSLINUX when I last checked.  I think that
> counts for a lot (KNOPPIX has higher-end hardware requirements than
> LNX-BBC does, yet presumably still believes that there are
> significant compatibility problems even at the higher end).  Perhaps
> we should take a look at what Klaus is doing with modules.

	That's a good point, and a good idea.  Could you take a look?

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