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Date:      Fri, 21 Aug 1998 17:06:25 +0000
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        dag-erli@ifi.uio.no (Dag-Erling Coidan =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= )
Cc:        Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <cschuber@uumail.gov.bc.ca>, "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>, "Jeff W." <dmt@bigfoot.com>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD takes 8 years to boot up 
Message-ID:  <199808211706.RAA10911@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "21 Aug 1998 17:56:28 %2B0200." <xzpww82uy4z.fsf@grjottunagard.ifi.uio.no> 

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> Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <cschuber@uumail.gov.bc.ca> writes:
> > It also may be a good idea to remove other unused devices from the 
> > kernel as well.  The disadvantage to this is that every time you change 
> > your configuration you will need to rebuild the kernel.  Hopefully that 
> > won't be that often.
> 
> Recompiling the kernel on anything above P150 is a matter of a couple
> of minutes at most if you use the '-n' option to config (but remember
> to always make depend!) The advantages are quicker booting and a
> smaller memory footprint.

You can also just 'disable' them in userconfig.  This prevents them 
being probed, but leaves them there for when you need them.

The userconfig changes are saved back into the kernel by 'dset' out of /
etc/rc, so you only need to do this once.

-- 
\\  Sometimes you're ahead,       \\  Mike Smith
\\  sometimes you're behind.      \\  mike@smith.net.au
\\  The race is long, and in the  \\  msmith@freebsd.org
\\  end it's only with yourself.  \\  msmith@cdrom.com



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