Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 17:07:21 +0930 From: Malcolm Kay <malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> To: Seamus Abshere <sabshere@Princeton.EDU>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: .ko files in /boot/kernel Message-ID: <200309031707.21584.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> In-Reply-To: <3F55680A.2070007@princeton.edu> References: <3F55680A.2070007@princeton.edu>
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On Wed, 3 Sep 2003 13:33, Seamus Abshere wrote: > /boot/kernel is full of .ko files for kernel options that I did not > select. Why are they there? Are they in use? > > [/boot/kernel]#ls -l kernel > -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 2317346 Jul 2 16:11 kernel > > I'm proud of this (supposedly) 2.3MB kernel, and I want to > make sure that I have actually optimized my machine and not made a > stupid mistake that does the opposite. > I don't really want to sound cynical ;) But; how much memory do you have? Your kernel is about 2Mb smaller=20 than the one I'm using but the difference represents about 0.4% of my tot= al memory which I suspect is almost always incompletely used. Could I ever see eany effective difference with an "optimised kernel"? And of course if I ever add anything I'd have to remember to take the=20 time to recompile -- and as I get older remembering is not so easy! Malcolm =20
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