Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:19:45 -0500 From: Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org> To: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Reducing the need to compile a custom kernel Message-ID: <20120210141945.GA1848@glenbarber.us> In-Reply-To: <20120210145604.Horde.ewjpSpjmRSRPNSH0YRHxgAk@webmail.leidinger.net> References: <20120210145604.Horde.ewjpSpjmRSRPNSH0YRHxgAk@webmail.leidinger.net>
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On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 02:56:04PM +0100, Alexander Leidinger wrote: > The question is, is this enough? Or asked differently, why are you > compiling a custom kernel in a production environment (so I rule out > debug options zhich are not enabled in GENERIC)? Are there options > which you add which you can not add as a module (SW_WATCHDOG comes to > my mind)? If yes, which ones and how important are they for you? > For me, the two big ones are IPSEC (which, as I understand it, we cannot ship with GENERIC due to export laws), and KDB_UNATTENDED. The latter may be a sysctl tunable, I never bothered to look. Regards, Glen
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