NetBSD/distrib/utils
mrg 58e5e70a16 remove bogus unnecessary "NetBSD-X.Y" directory from cdrom path; it will not exist for future cdroms 1998-06-22 12:18:52 +00:00
..
gzip_s add my zlib-based gzip for installs. 1998-06-06 06:11:19 +00:00
init_s use CPPFLAGS instead of CFLAGS 1997-10-22 01:42:36 +00:00
libhack RCS Id Police. 1998-01-09 08:03:16 +00:00
more fix mdoc references and .Nm usage 1998-04-28 18:17:33 +00:00
script-installer improve the net interface config stuff 1997-08-15 23:03:57 +00:00
ssh Add some utilities all ports might use in a ramdisk root. 1995-10-08 23:08:46 +00:00
sysinst remove bogus unnecessary "NetBSD-X.Y" directory from cdrom path; it will not exist for future cdroms 1998-06-22 12:18:52 +00:00
tls Add some utilities all ports might use in a ramdisk root. 1995-10-08 23:08:46 +00:00
x_dd use CPPFLAGS instead of CFLAGS 1997-10-22 02:11:56 +00:00
x_ftp Add -DSMALL versions of ftp and sh for install disks. 1997-11-17 01:35:57 +00:00
x_gzip add my zlib-based gzip for installs. 1998-06-06 06:11:19 +00:00
x_ifconfig use CPPFLAGS instead of CFLAGS 1997-10-22 02:11:56 +00:00
x_route use CPPFLAGS instead of CFLAGS 1997-10-22 02:20:09 +00:00
x_sh The 3/29 rewrite broke floppy builds, so add back a (different) 1998-05-03 16:50:25 +00:00
zcat use CPPFLAGS instead of CFLAGS 1997-10-22 02:20:09 +00:00
Makefile Build x_sh, even though some non-sysinst ports don't use it. Yet. 1998-05-02 08:04:52 +00:00
Makefile.inc note that only static compilation makes sense here 1998-03-02 19:50:53 +00:00
README RCS Id Police. 1998-01-09 18:56:42 +00:00

README

#	$NetBSD: README,v 1.3 1998/01/09 18:56:56 perry Exp $

From: "Gordon W. Ross" <gwr>
Date: Tue, 3 Oct 95 16:37:39 EDT
Subject: New ramdisk, tiny shell, etc.
[ edited since the original mail ]

As part of my efforts to build a RAM-disk root kernel for the
sun3 port, I've developed some things that others may want:

New RAM-disk: [ see sys/dev/ramdisk.c ]

New "small/tiny" tools, to replace some of the larger
programs that one usually wants on a ramdisk root:

ssh: (small shell)
  * Consumes only about 8K of memory on an m68k!
    (saves about 100K in the ramdisk...)
  * Can run programs, possibly with I/O redirection
  * Just enough to let you run the programs needed
    while partitioning and copying miniroot to swap.

tls: (tiny ls)
  * Consumes only about 4K of memory on an m68k!
    (saves about 10K in the ramdisk...)
  * Long format only, nothing fancy.

Also, in the new "src/distrib/utils" area, I've made build
directories for some programs that build smaller versions,
usually by adding special CFLAGS

init_s:  (built with -DLETS_GET_SMALL)
  * Forces single-user mode
  * Eliminates unnecessary code

libhack:   small implementation of some libc functions
  * Needs only /etc/passwd (not pwd.db, spwd.db)
  * Reduces size of an m68k crunched binary by about 64K

x_dd:  built with -DNO_CONV (no conv=* options)

x_ifconfig:  supports inet only

The x_ prefix on the above is to make the names unique so
crunchgen will not confuse them with the real sources.