why new kernel bigger than default?

kpachopoulos · 06-15-2005, 03:09 AM

How can my new-built kernel-2.6.11-custom be bigger than the default?
I've left only what i needed and many drivers have been compiled as modules.
Thanks

Code:

[root@localhost boot]# ls -la
...
-rw-r--r--   1 root root 1303106 Jun 10 11:35 initrd-2.6.11-1.1286_FC4.img
-rw-r--r--   1 root root 2003728 Jun 15 11:06 kernel-2.6.11-custom
...
-rw-r--r--   1 root root 1929545 May  4 18:19 vmlinuz-2.6.11-1.1286_FC4

acid_kewpie · 06-15-2005, 03:13 AM

without comparing the configs we can't really say. As long as the kernel works, it's presumably bzipped OK, after that... well distro's will often compile as much as modules as possible, in order to make that kernel smaller. When you're building your own there's more reason to compile directly into the kernel, which would make it bigger. Maybe you just didn't uncheck somethings you though you had?