Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 18:19:24 -0700 (MST) From: "Chad R. Larson" <chad@DCFinc.com> To: dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au (Doug Young) Cc: freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: functional differences between variants Message-ID: <200103150119.SAA09475@freeway.dcfinc.com> In-Reply-To: <0c1801c0ace1$30e7f1a0$817e03cb@apana.org.au> from Doug Young at "Mar 15, 1 09:47:52 am"
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As I recall, Doug Young wrote: > Also, is there a reason why picoBSD development still appears to be > concentrated on older versions of FreeBSD instead of something in the > 4.x line ?? The kernel in the 4.x line is considerably larger than 2.2.x or 3.5.x, and has some features (like improved SMP support) that is of little use for Pico systems. When you're trying to smoosh stuff down to fit on a floppy, every little bit (byte?) counts. -crl -- Chad R. Larson (CRL15) 602-953-1392 Brother, can you paradigm? chad@dcfinc.com chad@larsons.org larson1@home.com DCF, Inc. - 14623 North 49th Place, Scottsdale, Arizona 85254-2207 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message
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