Date: Mon, 05 Apr 1999 11:25:44 +1000 From: Greg Black <gjb@comkey.com.au> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, FreeBSD Hackers <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Debug kernel by default (was: System size with -g) Message-ID: <19990405012545.727.qmail@alpha.comkey.com.au> In-Reply-To: <19990331165139.W413@lemis.com> of Wed, 31 Mar 1999 16:51:39 %2B0930 References: <19990331003535.E17547@futuresouth.com> <19990331165139.W413@lemis.com>
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Greg Lehey writes: > Interestingly enough, we are currently discussing this in -hackers. > We're thinking about changing the way the kernel is built so that a > debug kernel will be the default. I think this is a terrible idea, except possibly for -current. I run a lot of FreeBSD machines, all of them -release (though some might move to -stable if needed). They never crash and I expect they never will, so debug kernels are just a waste of resources as far as I'm concerned. I'm sure this applies to lots of people who run production machines. At the very least, the decision to build a debug kernel should be up to the installer and should default to non-debug. After all, those people who might do anything with a debug kernel can easily read the instructions on building/installing such a thing and those people who just want to use FreeBSD won't be burdened with the extra compilation time, disk space, memory waste during normal operation, etc., associated with a debug kernel. -- Greg Black <gjb@acm.org> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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