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Smaller 2.4.31 laptop kernels with framebuffer support (for xfbdev)
> http://keesan.freeshell.org/bl/2.4.31/bzimlsfu.431   652K
> http://keesan.freeshell.org/bl/2.4.31/conflsfu.431

For laptops with non-SVGA-X-server video chips (neomagic MagicGraph 128 
V/ZV, as in DELL Latitude) I also compiled 610K

http://keesan.freeshell.org/bl/2.4.31/bzimlfnv.431
http://keesan.freeshell.org/bl/2.4.31/conflfnv.431

laptop-framebuffer-novgaconsole

I omitted VGA console - you MUST boot with vga=785 (640x480) or vga=788 
(800x600) to see any text at all.  Also have msdos and vfat only as 
modules.

Booting with vga=XXX adds 60K at boot time, but booting without vga 
console probably reduces RAM usage correspondingly.

If you want VGA console use the lfsu kernel instead.  Docs say fat adds 
37K (general) + 7K (msdos) + 10K (vfat).  Eliminating it and VGA console 
only reduced kernel size 42K.  Maybe the 37K was for everything?

'la' kernel is 594K (no framebuffer or sound).

Steven's 'big' 2.2.26 kernel is about 700K and supports framebuffer 
(vesafb) and modular sound.  If enough people request it I will download 
the 2.2.27 source code and compile for that with Steven's various configs 
and also a smaller kernel (around 500K) with vesafb.  Maybe you can also 
compile 2.2.26 with nomce instead of the default.

Sindi