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which one I can safely removed to lose some weight?

DISCUSSION lina 2 participants 2 messages Jan 8, 2012 – Jan 9, 2012

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Hi,

after install the b43 related packages, my / become so heavy suddenly, reached 84%.

now

:/lib/modules/3.2.0-1-lina/updates/drivers/net/wireless# ls
adm8211.ko       brcm80211     libertas           orinoco        rtlwifi
at76c50x-usb.ko  ipw2x00       libertas_tf        p54            wl1251
ath              iwlegacy      mac80211_hwsim.ko  rndis_wlan.ko  wl12xx
b43              iwlwifi       mwifiex            rt2x00         zd1211rw
b43legacy        iwmc3200wifi  mwl8k.ko           rtl818x
root@dove:/lib/modules/3.2.0-1-lina/updates/drivers/net/wireless# du -sh
141M    .

I wonder above director, which one I can safely remove:

# lspci | grep Broad
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM57765 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe (rev 10)
02:00.1 SD Host controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM57765 Memory Card Reader (rev 10)
03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4331 802.11a/b/g/n (rev 02)

I can keep it, just in case there are some redundant packages to take the place,

Thanks for any advice,

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Quoted 29 lines · On Sun, 08 Jan 2012 19:52:56 +0800 lina <[email protected]> wrote:

after install the b43 related packages, my / become so heavy suddenly, reached 84%.

now

:/lib/modules/3.2.0-1-lina/updates/drivers/net/wireless# ls
adm8211.ko       brcm80211     libertas           orinoco
rtlwifi at76c50x-usb.ko  ipw2x00       libertas_tf
p54            wl1251 ath              iwlegacy
mac80211_hwsim.ko  rndis_wlan.ko  wl12xx b43
iwlwifi       mwifiex            rt2x00         zd1211rw
b43legacy        iwmc3200wifi  mwl8k.ko           rtl818x
root@dove:/lib/modules/3.2.0-1-lina/updates/drivers/net/wireless# du
-sh 141M    .

I wonder above director, which one I can safely remove:

# lspci | grep Broad
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM57765 
Gigabit Ethernet PCIe (rev 10)
02:00.1 SD Host controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM57765 
Memory Card Reader (rev 10)
03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4331
802.11a/b/g/n (rev 02)
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I can keep it, just in case there are some redundant packages to take the place,

I assume you are talking about some embedded system. Remove the modules under drivers/ except those that are used during normal operation. The list of loaded modules is in /proc/modules.

I can imagine that some modules may or may not be used dependent on the mode of operation (e.g. whether encryption is used), but they are not under drivers/

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Pavel Roskin