From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 11 17:36:34 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C8FCE106564A for ; Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:36:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alexander@leidinger.net) Received: from mail.ebusiness-leidinger.de (mail.ebusiness-leidinger.de [217.11.53.44]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7DF718FC16 for ; Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:36:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from outgoing.leidinger.net (p5796CAB9.dip.t-dialin.net [87.150.202.185]) by mail.ebusiness-leidinger.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 1EC13844007; Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:36:18 +0100 (CET) Received: from unknown (IO.Leidinger.net [192.168.1.12]) by outgoing.leidinger.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60E732D6F; Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:36:15 +0100 (CET) Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:36:14 +0100 From: Alexander Leidinger To: perryh@pluto.rain.com Message-ID: <20120211183614.00006079@unknown> In-Reply-To: <4f368a34.rIGc5BVL5Vu8OIjl%perryh@pluto.rain.com> References: <20120210145604.Horde.ewjpSpjmRSRPNSH0YRHxgAk@webmail.leidinger.net> <5B8B698D-6DC0-4334-8617-4EDEC7973D9D@lists.zabbadoz.net> <4f368a34.rIGc5BVL5Vu8OIjl%perryh@pluto.rain.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.10cvs42 (GTK+ 2.16.6; i586-pc-mingw32msvc) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-EBL-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-EBL-MailScanner-ID: 1EC13844007.A2857 X-EBL-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-EBL-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, spamhaus-ZEN, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-1.366, required 6, autolearn=disabled, ALL_TRUSTED -1.00, AWL -0.36, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD -0.01) X-EBL-MailScanner-From: alexander@leidinger.net X-EBL-MailScanner-Watermark: 1329586582.07739@FO29OIoAMK6PMRaWxZj7gA X-EBL-Spam-Status: No Cc: bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net, stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Reducing the need to compile a custom kernel X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:36:34 -0000 On Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:33:08 -0800 perryh@pluto.rain.com wrote: > "Bjoern A. Zeeb" wrote: > > > various parts of the network stack being loadable, which is not > > as easy as it sounds, especially making them unloadable again > > currently ... > > Seems to me unloadability does not matter to the case under > discussion, which is modularizing the kernel to reduce the Correct. > number of cases in which a custom kernel is needed. How much > real functional difference is there between "built in" and > "loaded permanently at boot"? For what I want to achieve: nearly zero compared to GENERIC (there will be differences, more when I present the result for discussion). Bye, Alexander. -- http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID = B0063FE7 http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild @ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID = 72077137