Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 00:30:51 -0700 From: Brian Sobolak <sobolak@mindspring.com> To: "Andrew C. Hornback" <achornback@worldnet.att.net> Cc: "Scott Gerhardt" <scott@gerhardt-it.com>, "FreeBSD" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re[2]: KERNEL Config Message-ID: <184205978381.20011025003051@mindspring.com> In-Reply-To: <004a01c15cf7$0aa75320$6600000a@columbia> References: <004a01c15cf7$0aa75320$6600000a@columbia>
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Hello Andrew, Wednesday, October 24, 2001, 6:47:44 PM, you wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Scott Gerhardt >> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 2:46 PM >> To: FreeBSD >> Subject: KERNEL Config >> >> I'm doing a few customizations to the kernel and would like to >> know if their >> is any real benefit to disabling unused devices? >> >> Will this make the kernel faster and smaller by any significant amount >> sizeable amount? ACH> Hmm... I don't know if compiling the kernel once the system is installed ACH> uses some kind of optimization that the GENERIC kernel doesn't sue or not. ACH> But, from personal experience, I've noticed that the GENERIC kernel is about ACH> twice the size of the kernels that I compile for my machines. I'd assume ACH> that a smaller kernel means faster execution, or at least less of a memory ACH> load. From the handbook: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x7154.html The pages lists: - Faster boot time. - Less memory use. - Additional hardware support. Your machine will run faster. But don't overestimate the added performance. -- Brian Sobolak San Francisco, California sobolak@myrealbox.com http://www.planetshwoop.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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