Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2005 03:04:21 +0300 From: "Andrew P." <infofarmer@gmail.com> To: Doug Poland <doug@polands.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Removing kernel options and devices in today's world Message-ID: <cb5206420511011604h3a407590sabb3c9c2be8207a6@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20051028210946.GF46357@polands.org> References: <20051028210946.GF46357@polands.org>
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On 10/29/05, Doug Poland <doug@polands.org> wrote: > Hello, > > I've been using FreeBSD since 2.1.5 and have dutifully tweaked my > kernels to include devices I need, and remove unwanted things. This > made a big difference on 486's with 16MB of memory. > > Over the years I've developed a procedure for keeping track of changes > in GENERIC and reducing the amount of time it takes to build a custom > kernel for a given box. > > Fast-forward to 2005, PCI, SMP, gigabytes of RAM, kernel loadable > modules and FreeBSD 6.x. As I begin preparing some boxes for updating > to 6, I'm wondering if it's really worth the effort to tweak a kernel? > And by this I mean removing devices and options. It's trivial to have > an include for the devices/options I need to add to every kernel. But > the list of things to take out keeps getting bigger and bigger and the > chance for errors in editing increase. > > I'm thinking of just running GENERIC with necessary additions. Most of > my boxes are workstations or department-sized servers supporting basic > web, email, and file/print services. Architecture is all 32-bit Intel > ranging from modest PIII to 4-way Xeon P4. > > I can come up with several arguments for both cases (running GENERIC vs. > trimming all unneeded "fat" from a kernel). Has anyone else wrestled wit= h > this issue and come up with interesting conclusions? > > -- > Regards, > Doug > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" > I leave almost everything on my desktop machines, but who needs usb, firewire and wifi on a production DB server?
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