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Subject: Re: what can i do with a 486?
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thanks for the info, des.

[ i don't have any usb keyboards, so that explains that ignorance.
   if the kernel didn't build, i would add things back until it did.
   nonetheless, thanks.
]

rob



Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote:
> spellberg_robert <emailrob@emailrob.com> writes:
> 
>>do you need kbdmux in the console ?
> 
> 
> Only if you intend to use USB keyboards.
> 
> 
>>ADAPTIVE_GIANT ?  PREEMPTION ?  INET ?  UFS_ACL ?  SCSI_DELAY ?
>>KBD_INSTALL_CDEV ?
> 
> 
> I don't think you can build a kernel without INET, actually.
> 
> ADAPTIVE_GIANT and PREEMPTION have next to zero footprint.
> 
> UFS_ACL is probably a couple of kilobytes.
> 
> SCSI_DELAY means nothing, it just changes a setting (the hardcoded
> default is 15 seconds)
> 
> KBD_INSTALL_CDEV just adds two lines of code to the kbd system.  You
> can leave it out if you don't intend to use USB keyboards but it won't
> save you much.  It should probably not be an option any more.
> 
> DES