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From: auspex!guy@uunet.uu.net (Guy Harris)
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Subject: Why not to run GENERIC kernels (was Re: 1/2" Tape Drive: Driver Needed)
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Date: 27 Jun 91 20:22:00 GMT
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>So what's wrong with simply running the GENERIC kernel on your Sun-4/300?

The fact that it probably wastes a fair bit of memory for all the device
drivers for devices you don't have on your machine?  If you have tons of
memory, it may not be a problem, but....