Linux TCP downsizing

[James Morris]

On Thu, 12 Oct 2006, Stephen Hemminger wrote:

> Is there any interest in working out some config options to downsize the Linux
> TCP stack by eliminating the stuff that doesn't make sense in a simpler environment?
> 
> Lots of the sysctl parameters, congestion control options, route cache, all
> start to add up to a big code footprint.

It's fairly minimal already (after Marcelo, I think, trimmed the config).  

I tried saving more memory by eliminating more network features, but the
savings were not great at the expense of quite a lot of functionality.  
Much of what's left as config=y is framework code, which doesn't really
take up much space.


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James Morris
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