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> > > type free, look for 'used' (amount of memory
> > > used by the kernel before running any programs):
> > >
> > > p1 kernel - 7,500K
> > > p2 kernel - 7,500K
> > > la kernel - 5,604K
> >
> > That is not a meaningful way of evaluating
> > the size of the kernel.  Try: dmesg
>
>
> With my 710K 2.4.31 kernel (IDE pci controllers, sound, usb) dmesg says:
> Memory:  ... 1029K kernel code, 7280K reserved.
> Is this what I should record?
>
> Sindi

BL3 ext2
                  Total-Available  Kernel code  Reserved Data  Init
p2 BL3 kernel           6488K            704K   416K    5368K   44K
My 2.4.31 la kernel     8149K            889K   7032K    228K   64K
                Difference 1.66M

I can probably get it down to 1.6M by removing a few things from the 
kernel.

This difference could be 10% of the total memory, but what are the other 
options if you don't want to spend $25 on a different wireless card to use 
with the 2.2 kernel?