From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 20 15:40:35 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9B4216A4CE; Wed, 20 Oct 2004 15:40:35 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp-vbr14.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr14.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.34]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5274043D31; Wed, 20 Oct 2004 15:40:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) i9KFeR2X068604; Wed, 20 Oct 2004 17:40:29 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.13.1/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i9KFeQE6040589; Wed, 20 Oct 2004 17:40:26 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: (from wb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id i9KFeQYU040588; Wed, 20 Oct 2004 17:40:26 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wb) Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 17:40:26 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: "M. Warner Losh" Message-ID: <20041020154026.GA40554@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <41767CF1.2020005@FreeBSD.org> <6ff30abd04102008163115a32d@mail.gmail.com> <20041020.093211.78703993.imp@bsdimp.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041020.093211.78703993.imp@bsdimp.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-OS: FreeBSD 4.10-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner cc: arch@freebsd.org cc: mitigator@gmail.com cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Fwd: What do people think about not installing a stripped /kernel ?] X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 15:40:36 -0000 On Wed, Oct 20, 2004 at 09:32:11AM -0600, M. Warner Losh wrote.. > In message: <6ff30abd04102008163115a32d@mail.gmail.com> > jamie rishaw at google mail writes: > : 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.. > > So long as it can be turned off, I don't care too much. > > However, I'm going going to take exception that it isn't a disk space Sure.. and we have plenty of Viagra spam to prove it ;-) > starting to fill up. In addition, we sometimes deploy new kernels to > the field and 16MB takes a lot longer to upload than 3MB (think really > bad connectivity to many of the remote locations our systems may be > deployed in). But I assume you would run a customised kernel on these machines anyway? -- Wilko Bulte wilko@FreeBSD.org