[Wlug] New ULTRA1 success - almost

[ken jones]

I have succeeded in compiling Gentoo Linux-2.4.34-sparc  kernel on my 
new ULTRA1.  This machine-toy has kept me off the streets and out of 
trouble for the last couple days.  (The weather has been cooperative 
toward the same end.)

I have a question.
The Gentoo instructions 
<http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-sparc.xml?part=1&chap=7#compiling> 
tell me that if my kernel is too big that it might not boot.

"If the (uncompressed) size is bigger than 2.5 MB (for Sparc32) or 3.5 
MB (for Sparc64), reconfigure your kernel until it doesn't exceed these 
limits. One way of accomplishing this is by having most kernel drivers 
compiled as modules. Ignoring this can lead to a non-booting kernel."

My kernel after a strip command is still 3.7M.

-----------snip  from command line after a strip command-----------
(chroot) livecd linux # strip -R .comment -R .note vmlinux
(chroot) livecd linux # ls -lh vmlinux
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3.7M Apr 13 06:03 vmlinux
--------------end snip----------------

Should I take this warning seriously?  How do I figure out which drivers 
to deselect from menuconfig?  lspci gives me no response.  I am not sure 
what is in my machine.

Ken Jones