Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 00:03:51 +0200 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> Cc: amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: new to amd64 Message-ID: <20090907220351.GA36424@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <19109.19659.847421.338678@jerusalem.litteratus.org> References: <19109.19659.847421.338678@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
--5mCyUwZo2JvN/JJP Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Sep 07, 2009 at 02:11:23PM -0400, Robert Huff wrote: >=20 > After years using i386, I finally installed amd64 and > ... everything is just like I fondly remember. :-) > Thanks to all those who have made that happen. > However, I'm still a little nervous about the things I don't > know yet. I'm about to build a custom kernel; would someone please > take a look at the config file (appended) and tell me if there's > anything I've added, or left out, that's going to break something? It doesn't look like you left out anything critical. Generally, my philosop= hy is to throw out what I don't use. Any bugs in code that isn't there don't bother me. That holds not only for the kernel but also for userland. So look at /etc/src.conf as well! I would chuck the COMPAT_FREEBSD[456] options on a system without old binaries, and add GEOM_ELI for disk encryption (this also needs the crypto device). Since I'm not using 32-bits stuff on my amd64 system, I removed COMPAT_IA32 (and excluded the lib32 stuff in src.conf). I also removed SCTP, and never missed it. For my daily use system I remove all debugging stuff; KDB, DDB, GDB, INVARIANTS, WITNESS and WITNESS_SKIPSPIN, STACK and KTRACE. = For a desktop, I tend to remove NFSSERVER. I do add the DEVICE_POLLING option. If you are using it as a desktop and have a supported video card, add the a= gp, drm and [type-of-card]drm devices or modules. And the appropriate sound dri= vers. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --5mCyUwZo2JvN/JJP Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.13 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkqlg0cACgkQEnfvsMMhpyWjtQCdHI6J0bYr3iXUSuWB3zqjZ+Yz EhoAmwcCq9MVnw6VuhqAAg0Unv6KABpL =yXKf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --5mCyUwZo2JvN/JJP--
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20090907220351.GA36424>