Jonathan De Graeve wrote:
> Currently we came at a point of being stuck with the limitations of
> flashsize and 64MB memory.
> 
> According to the last survey the biggest userbase has at least 16MB
> flash.

Soekris is shipping a version of the 4801 with 128M of RAM.

I think a menu driven (one from column A, one from column B) build system would
help with the flash footprint.

That is, people who are using m0n0 as a home firewall/router probably don't care
about captive portal stuff at all.


> 
> In this way I'm suggesting to grow the current 7MB flashsize to 16MB.
> This will give us a lot of opportunities to overcome current
> limitations. Although the bigger flashsize has a negative effect on RAM
> usage. The current recommended is 64, it will become 96/128MB. But the
> survey tells us 27% has < 128MB and I think its possible to upgrade
> flash as wel as memory.
> 
> People with less memory can still use the current images but people with
> the minimum amount can benefit the changes.
> 
> This is just a suggestion which I hope will be agreed on. It's a
> trade-off for both sides.
> 
> J.
> 
> 
> 


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