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

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Message-ID: <20140506191911.GC4137@netboy>
Date:	Tue, 6 May 2014 21:19:11 +0200
From:	Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
To:	Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
Cc:	Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, tom.zanussi@...ux.intel.com,
	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/24] net, diet: Make TCP metrics optional

On Tue, May 06, 2014 at 11:33:11AM -0700, Cong Wang wrote:
> 
> So why bothers 3.15+ Linux kernel? Why not use an old kernel e.g. 2.4.x?
> 2.4.x kernel doesn't have so many new features you want to get rid of here.

If you compare a 3.x and a 2.4.x kernel with the same minimal feature
set, you might see that the 3.x is bigger.

Thanks,
Richard
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