[huskerlug] Re: Interesting talk at Google by a kernel guy, Greg Kroah http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2SED6sewRw
- From: James Worrest <jworrest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: huskerlug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2009 09:29:05 -0600
Ah, then the kernel has shrunk since 2.2? :-X
Ok, on Conical, Steve.
GreyGeek wrote:
> Bloat?
>
> IF all those drivers were indeed part of the Linux kernel, as one big
> monolithic file, then it would bloated indeed.
> But, they are not. While some drivers are compiled into the kernel
> most are modules loaded, or unloaded, on demand. They exist as *.ko.gz
> files under /lib/modules/[kernel version]/lib/
> GG
>
> Steve wrote:
>
>> Good presentation. The rate of change is amazing.
>>
>> I believe Linux passed NetBSD awhile go. Most of the "bloat" in Linux is
>> due
>> to the drivers. That's not really bloat, it's just required to support all
>> of the hardware devices that it does. You can still compile a minimal
>> kernel
>> without all of the unneeded drivers and have a fully functional machine.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> On Sunday 01 February 2009 05:06:41 James Worrest wrote:
>>
>>
>>> The speaker asked if it was "scary" about the rate of change of the
>>> kernel, it probably is
>>> what is scary is the bloat! One complains, rightly, about Windows in
>>> this area. It runs on
>>> more processors than anything else? I thought NetBSD did. I just
>>> looked at the first part
>>> of it and I do hope to look at all of it, at a different time of day
>>> when I can see the whole
>>> thing. ---Jim
>>>
>>> Martin Wolff wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>> The subject pretty much gives the description. It is an interesting
>>>> video if you have some free time. It has some really interesting
>>>> information about how quickly things are moving in the kernel now.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2SED6sewRw
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>
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