On 3/24/2013 10:25 AM, Geoffrey Jacobs wrote:
> On 03/24/2013 01:56 AM, Jonathan Aquilina wrote:
>> What I am not understanding is the difference between using a monolithic
>> style kernel with everything compiled in vs. modules. Is there a lower
>> memory footprint if modules are used.
> Yes, if e
That is the whole reason even on my VPS I would consider recompiling a
kernel. Or at least compiling it on a test virtual server then applying it
to all other vps's I have
Thanks for the insight here :) I think I'll experiment with my netbook with
another recompile even more slimmed down hopefully
On 03/24/2013 01:56 AM, Jonathan Aquilina wrote:
> What I am not understanding is the difference between using a monolithic
> style kernel with everything compiled in vs. modules. Is there a lower
> memory footprint if modules are used.
Yes, if extraneous drivers are not loaded. You still need som
> What I am not understanding is the difference between using a monolithic
> style kernel with everything compiled in vs. modules. Is there a lower
> memory footprint if modules are used.
modules do have a marginally higher overhead (as well as potentially
a slightly slower layout in memory.) bu
