Advantages of trimmed kernel?

[Kirk Strauser]

Are there any real advantages to building a kernel stripped of unused drivers, 
especially when running it on a fairly large machine?  For years, I've been 
dutifully removing device drivers (or more recently, including GENERIC and 
using 'nodevice') for everything I don't have.  But does this actually do 
anything useful, or am I just tilting at windmills?

I know the definitive answer would be to run benchmarks both ways, but I don't 
really have the option of pulling down a production machine just for this.
-- 
Kirk Strauser
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