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Date:      Fri, 18 Oct 2002 09:28:03 -0700
From:      "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        mjacob@feral.com
Cc:        John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG>, Sam Leffler <sam@FreeBSD.ORG>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/release/i386 dokern.sh 
Message-ID:  <200210181628.g9IGS3Ki070446@intruder.bmah.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0210180915480.87828-100000@beppo> 
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0210180915480.87828-100000@beppo>

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If memory serves me right, Matthew Jacob wrote:

> > On 17-Oct-2002 Sam Leffler wrote:
> > > sam         2002/10/17 11:02:27 PDT
> > > 
> > >   Modified files:
> > >     release/i386         dokern.sh 
> > >   Log:
> > >   Strip splash, tun, and COMPAT_FREEBSD4 from the config used to build
> > >   the BOOTMFS kernel.  These help reduce the kernel size so things fit
> > >   in a floppy image.  There are more low-hanging fruit to be had here
> > >   if things fail to fit again.
> > 
> > Note that the BOOTMFS kernel is not used when booting from CD, only
> > when booting off of kern.flp floppies, so we could tailor what we move
> > off it to cater to systems that don't have CD drives.
> 
> converseley, the kernel on the CD should have every .ko that GENERIC
> has.

Even better, the kernel you get when booting from the CD *is* GENERIC.  
:-)

Bruce.



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