Subject: Re: Failed to build 3.99.8 (installation floppy is too big)
To: None <current-users@NetBSD.org>
From: Izumi Tsutsui <tsutsui@ceres.dti.ne.jp>
List: current-users
Date: 09/05/2005 19:13:56
In article <20050904201235.GG18996@snowdrop.l8s.co.uk>
david@l8s.co.uk wrote:
> > - file-system KERNFS (other ports use /sbin/dmesg in ramdisk)
> Saves ~5500
i386 ramdiskbin doesn't include /sbin/dmesg, so we should prepare
some space for it (maybe much smaller than 5k).
> > - le* at pci? (superseded by pcn* at pci?)
> Saves ~1800, although removing pcn instead would save ~5800
I guess le* at pci? doesn't support MII (and may have problem on vmware).
> Removing COMPAT_xx for xx <=16
> Saves ~840
I'm afraid someone complains that he has an old binary for recovery,
but now INSTALL has "no options EXEC_AOUT" so it seems okay to remove
COMPAT_14 and prior.
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Izumi Tsutsui