From owner-freebsd-alpha Sat Dec 4 14:11:13 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from feral.com (feral.com [192.67.166.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3640B153F1; Sat, 4 Dec 1999 14:11:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mjacob@feral.com) Received: from semuta.feral.com (semuta [192.67.166.70]) by feral.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id OAA11061; Sat, 4 Dec 1999 14:10:13 -0800 Date: Sat, 4 Dec 1999 14:10:13 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Jacob Reply-To: mjacob@feral.com To: Mike Smith Cc: Wilko Bulte , gallatin@cs.duke.edu, freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ISP firmware compiled in as a default.... In-Reply-To: <199912042209.OAA04921@mass.cdrom.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org How big is the loader? On Sat, 4 Dec 1999, Mike Smith wrote: > > So, I'm in a bit of a quandary now as to what the right thing to do is. > > There is the open PR about putting the f/w into kld's- that'd probably be > > mostly the right thing to do. Before that happens, though, should the > > default be to have the f/w compiled in? It adds ~200K to kernel bloat > > (although this could be cut down by only compiling in 1040 f/w instead of > > including 1080, 2100 and 2200 f/w as well). > > > > Opinions? > > If you build GENERIC with all the firmware compiled in, then gzip the > resulting kernel binary, how big is the file? If it'll fit on a 1.44MB > floppy with room for the loader as well, then put it in. If not, then > don't put it in. 8) > > -- > \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith > \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org > \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message