which one I can safely removed to lose some weight?
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,
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 rtl818xroot@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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Regards, Pavel Roskin