Using upstream kernels...

[dom at latter.org]

Edward Lilley wrote:

> Maybe modules aren't all that big after all? I would have thought they
> are mostly wrappers to allow userspace libraries access to various bits
> of hardware.

For my current Ubuntu 9.04 situation I get:
  du --si --summarize /lib/modules/2.6.28-18-generic/kernel/
  88M	/lib/modules/2.6.28-18-generic/kernel/

My custom kernel has:
  du --si --summarize /lib/modules/2.6.32.7/kernel/
  537k	/lib/modules/2.6.32.7/kernel/