[c-nsp] 7500 having problems after upgrade from 12.0.19S2 to 12.0.31S1

[FreeLSD]

On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 09:37:09AM -0500, Rodney Dunn wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 09:04:04AM -0500, Jon Lewis wrote:
> > On Tue, 22 Nov 2005, Rodney Dunn wrote:
> > 
> > > We can't code new features without making the image larger.
> > > We do (even though some may not think so) try very very hard to
> > > be extremely memory conscious when we code new features. The
> > > mistake we've made is having parts where they memory can't be
> > > upgraded and we are trying to not make that mistake again.
> > 
> > What about modular IOS, so we can choose not to load the modules for all 
> > sorts of features we never plan to use or can live without when faced with 
> > the choice of removing a feature or forklift upgrading the hardware?  i.e. 
> > a typical SP probably only needs IP at layer 3 (no IPX, appletalk, etc.), 
> > and can get by with a single choice for IGP, etc.
> 
> I agree that is a better approach but we just don't have it yet.

Ok. But cisco can do make another step for helping old cisco users, 
just recompile ISP image with dropping some (not needed in most cases)
features. Something like rsp-p2v-mz.120-30.S4.bin :)