Re: Bloat? (khttpd)

H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
Thu, 23 Dec 1999 10:09:36 -0800

Martin Dalecki wrote:
> >
> > Performance, and *modularity*. khttpd doesn't affect anything else in
> > the kernel, and so is a rather harmless optional feature.
>
> There where times where for example /proc was an option too...
>

/proc was never modular. It touches *everything*, which makes it
completely different. Sooner or later, it gets too painful to maintain
everything in, effectively, 2^N compilation modes.

-hpa

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