Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 14:01:19 -0700 From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> To: Wilko Bulte <wb@freebie.xs4all.nl> Cc: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> Subject: Re: [Fwd: What do people think about not installing a stripped /kernel ?] Message-ID: <4176D21F.3060108@elischer.org> In-Reply-To: <20041020154026.GA40554@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <41767CF1.2020005@FreeBSD.org> <6ff30abd04102008163115a32d@mail.gmail.com> <20041020.093211.78703993.imp@bsdimp.com> <20041020154026.GA40554@freebie.xs4all.nl>
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Wilko Bulte wrote: >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 <mitigator@gmail.com> 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? > couldn't the instalation procedures install as stripped one if there wasn't room in /? it might save someone's hide.. > > >
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