On Tue, May 14, 2002 at 02:41:12AM -0400, Scott Henson wrote: > I was just looking at the kernel config for the bf-2.4 floppies today > and I was wondering something. Why does the kernel have so much? I > would think that it would be pared down to the point where everything > non-essential for the install would be removed. That would mean that > there would be no sound, much of the USB stuff would be removed, a lot > of the net filter and fire wall stuff could be removed and such. This > would reduce the size of the boot floppies and then a real kernel could > be downloaded and installed after the network was brought up. This > sounds a lot more sane. Is there any reason for the current > arrangement? What's the point of making it smaller? It fits now, and handles many systems well enough that the user isn't forced to download another kernel. Can you point to an incontrovertible advantage in removing things? -- Mike Stone
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