size of kernel too big?

[rich <rehartma@artsci.wustl.edu>]

Hello everybody,

I recently compiled kernel 2.2.1 (my 1st attempt), and everything seems
to be going smoothly (except for playing .wav files, but that's another
story...) Anyway, did not put anything into "modules" (is that bad?)...
Now, when I look at my /var/log/messages, I see this...

monkeyhouse kernel: Memory: 30616k/32768k available (1000k kernel code,
416k reserved, 629k data, 44k init)Feb25

Is that saying that my kernel ids 1MB? If it is, is that too big? Will I
make it faster, leaner, smoother, etc bu sticking sound (+anything
else?) into "modules"?

Thanks,

Rich