linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 08/24] net, diet: Make TCP metrics optional

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Message-Id: <20140506.115941.428706504757835279.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 06 May 2014 11:59:41 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	josh@...htriplett.org
Cc:	andi@...stfloor.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tom.zanussi@...ux.intel.com,
	ak@...ux.intel.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/24] net, diet: Make TCP metrics optional

From: josh@...htriplett.org
Date: Tue, 6 May 2014 08:57:03 -0700

> On Mon, May 05, 2014 at 11:23:27PM -0400, David Miller wrote:
>> From: Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
>> Date: Tue, 6 May 2014 05:21:14 +0200
>> 
>> > What parts would you remove to get the foot print down for a 2MB
>> > single purpose machine?
>> 
>> I wouldn't use Linux, end of story.
>> 
>> Maybe two decades ago, but not now, those days are over.
> 
> That's a self-fulfilling prophecy:

Making 2MB RAM machines today makes no sense at all.

The lowest end dirt cheap smartphone, something which fits on
someone's pocket, has gigabytes of ram.

The only entity looking backwards are the people making these
improperly provisioned systems.

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