From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG  Wed Oct 20 16:27:29 2004
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP
	id 9EE7D16A4CF; Wed, 20 Oct 2004 16:27:29 +0000 (GMT)
Received: from pooker.samsco.org (pooker.samsco.org [168.103.85.57])
	by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP
	id 2372343D48; Wed, 20 Oct 2004 16:27:29 +0000 (GMT)
	(envelope-from scottl@freebsd.org)
Received: from [192.168.254.11] (junior-wifi.samsco.home [192.168.254.11])
	(authenticated bits=0)
	by pooker.samsco.org (8.12.11/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i9KGRrMv050355;
	Wed, 20 Oct 2004 10:27:54 -0600 (MDT)
	(envelope-from scottl@freebsd.org)
Message-ID: <41769194.4060809@freebsd.org>
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 10:25:56 -0600
From: Scott Long <scottl@freebsd.org>
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040929
X-Accept-Language: en-us, en
MIME-Version: 1.0
To: jamie rishaw at google mail <mitigator@gmail.com>
References: <41767CF1.2020005@FreeBSD.org>
	<6ff30abd04102008163115a32d@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <6ff30abd04102008163115a32d@mail.gmail.com>
X-Enigmail-Version: 0.86.1.0
X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=3.8 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63
X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on pooker.samsco.org
cc: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@freebsd.org>
cc: current@freebsd.org
cc: arch@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: [Fwd: What do people think about not installing a stripped
	/kernel ?]
X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1
Precedence: list
List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture
	<freebsd-arch.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-arch>,
	<mailto:freebsd-arch-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-arch>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-arch@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-arch-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-arch>,
	<mailto:freebsd-arch-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 16:27:29 -0000

jamie rishaw at google mail wrote:
> What are the performance implications of a debug kernel?
> 
> Disk space really shouldnt even be an issue.. if it is, and its down
> to the difference of 20 megs, well, duno. 512 meg CF's going for
> sub-$50 .. the only reason i could see even a debate would be any
> significant performance hits..

Disk space on the release CD images is at a premium, and putting debug
kernels on there generally consumes 10-15MB that could be used by
packages.

Scott