Jacob Meuser wrote:

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> if your machine is low enough on ram that you would even consider

> recompiling a kernel, just to save ram, it's time to retire

> the machine.

That's for him to decide, not you.  It's his machine, and it might be a

fairly good one at that, despite being small or old.  If you do not know

the answer to the question, it is acceptable to be quiet.
My machines have more than enough RAM, but what he brings up is an

interesting question: "does deactivating unnecessary drivers with config

actually result in a smaller kernel or just a kernel with deactivated

drivers?"
I'll have to schedule time to try two kernels, one with more

deactivated, and compare their resource usage.  The deactivation via

config(8) definitely speeds up the boot process significantly on the

slow units.
Regards,

-Lars