Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 10:03:49 GMT From: Salvo Bartolotta <bartequi@inwind.it> To: <timothyr@timothyr.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 4.0-RELEASE to 4.0-STABLE upgrade Message-ID: <20000717.10034900@bartequi.ottodomain.org> In-Reply-To: <001201bfef9b$ff42cb00$0301a8c0@timothyr.net> References: <001201bfef9b$ff42cb00$0301a8c0@timothyr.net>
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> 2) My kernel grew from ~2.5MB to over 10MB after the upgrade. =20 kldstat -v > looks about the same, and my config file hasn't changed at all. > bash-2.03$ uname -a > FreeBSD scarlet 4.1-RC FreeBSD 4.1-RC #10: Sun Jul 16 20:26:32 PDT=20 2000 > timothyr@scarlet:/usr/src/sys/compile/DSLROUTE i386 > Any pointers appreciated. > Thanks, > -Tim Dear Timothy Robertson, you have probably compiled a kernel with debug stuff. As I recall, this should NOT change performance significantly; on the=20 other hand, it allows you to [try to] solve problems when trouble does=20 occur -- which is not a frequent phenomenon/event at any rate. Whether you keep it or not, it is your choice. Despite FreeBSD's=20 stability, it is normally a good policy to employ a debug kernel,=20 given the little to no impact on the system. If you want an "ordinary"=20 kernel, you could recompile it in the standard way (config [-r], make=20 depend, make, make install). Caveat: if you have cvsup'ed your sources again, the **safe** way to=20 go is the new buildworld, build/installkernel, etc. sequence for your=20 first kernel build, as has recently been discussed in the -stable=20 forum. The old method *may* work; however, if you use it, you are on=20 your own :-) Best regards, Salvo To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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