From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 10 15:50:25 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8877016A47B for ; Sun, 10 Dec 2006 15:50:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net (ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net [80.76.149.213]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 305E943CA3 for ; Sun, 10 Dec 2006 15:49:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from c83-253-29-241.bredband.comhem.se ([83.253.29.241]:50027 helo=falcon.midgard.homeip.net) by ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1GtQwZ-0003rt-7s for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 10 Dec 2006 16:50:23 +0100 Received: (qmail 16273 invoked from network); 10 Dec 2006 16:50:22 +0100 Received: from owl.midgard.homeip.net (10.1.5.7) by falcon.midgard.homeip.net with SMTP; 10 Dec 2006 16:50:22 +0100 Received: (qmail 28762 invoked by uid 1001); 10 Dec 2006 16:50:22 +0100 Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 16:50:22 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson To: Kirk Strauser Message-ID: <20061210155022.GA28750@owl.midgard.homeip.net> Mail-Followup-To: Kirk Strauser , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <200612100905.30430.kirk@strauser.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200612100905.30430.kirk@strauser.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-Scan-Result: No virus found in message 1GtQwZ-0003rt-7s. X-Scan-Signature: ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net 1GtQwZ-0003rt-7s a4573f54f34634c0390c86922cae180d Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Advantages of trimmed kernel? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 15:50:25 -0000 On Sun, Dec 10, 2006 at 09:05:25AM -0600, Kirk Strauser wrote: > Are there any real advantages to building a kernel stripped of unused drivers, > especially when running it on a fairly large machine? For years, I've been > dutifully removing device drivers (or more recently, including GENERIC and > using 'nodevice') for everything I don't have. But does this actually do > anything useful, or am I just tilting at windmills? It will save a little bit of memory and diskspace and the machine will probably boot slightly faster since it will not need to probe for non-existing devices, but other than that I doubt it will make any difference at all. -- Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se