Re: Advice for Stripping the Kernel

On 1/19/07, aRevolutionist <a.revolutionist@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I am about to almost completely strip FreeBSD's kernel. The kernel shall
be stripped of sockets, drivers, memory management, and alot more.
Basically, what I shall be left with is a kernel with a few system
calls, only paging for memory management, support for only one file
system and a few other things. What advice does anyone have to give me
before I begin? Also, what section of the kernel is recommended to begin
the stripping?

You're not the first to venture on this path. Please
google for nanobsd, minibsd, picobsd, freesbie,
monowall, and other more creative strings such as
"freebsd on a floppy" or "freebsd kernel stripped
down to 1kb" ;-)

Good luck!
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