Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 09:53:59 +0200 From: "Ronald Klop" <ronald-freebsd8@klop.yi.org> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: syscons options and memory use Message-ID: <opsohr79r68527sy@smtp.local> In-Reply-To: <20050331070409.GD46288@dan.emsphone.com> References: <opsohplwph8527sy@smtp.local> <20050331070409.GD46288@dan.emsphone.com>
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On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 01:04:10 -0600, Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> wrote: > In the last episode (Mar 31), Ronald Klop said: >> The syscons manual page says: >> " The following options will remove some features from the syscons >> driver and save kernel memory. >> [...] >> SC_NO_SYSMOUSE >> This option removes mouse support in the syscons driver. >> The mouse daemon moused(8) will fail if this option is >> defined. This option implies the SC_NO_CUTPASTE option >> too. >> " >> >> How much memory does this save (or how can I discover that)? Is it worth >> it on a 96MB PentiumII laptop? > > I would guess that the memory savings is probably on the order of > kilobytes. Useful if you're trying to prevent excessive swapping on an > 8MB system. Not worth disabling on your system. How can I see the size of my kernel? I know vmstat -m and netstat -m, but from that info I don't see if I reduced the memory footprint after disabling an option or device. -- Ronald Klop, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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