On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 8:53 PM, Wojciech Puchar <[email protected]> wrote: >>> And yes FreeBSD kernel is huge. doesn't really matter with 1GB or more >>> RAM but yes - it is huge even relative to linux. >> >> >> Ah, any insight as to why? > > my custom compiled kernel: > > -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 8791402 6 kwi 22:08 /boot//kernel/kernel > > only with features i need. linux is AFAIK like 3-4MB uncompressed. >
Your comparison is far from accurate, include the memory taken by loaded kernel modules on both systems and then you might get some proper numbers. -Kimmo _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
