Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 10:13:54 -0400 (EDT) From: Kenneth Wayne Culver <culverk@wam.umd.edu> To: Doug Poland <doug@polands.org> Cc: Matt Rudderham <matt@researcher.com>, ListServer FreeBSD Questions <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: kernel bloat Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0010111013230.22407-100000@rac3.wam.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <NDBBKMNOJKJGAEKJNLIAIEIPELAA.doug@polands.org>
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Sounds to me like you did a config -g NEBO which would bring in debugging symbols. ================================================================= | Kenneth Culver | FreeBSD: The best NT upgrade | | Unix Systems Administrator | ICQ #: 24767726 | | and student at The | AIM: muythaibxr | | The University of Maryland, | Website: (Under Construction) | | College Park. | http://www.wam.umd.edu/~culverk/| ================================================================= On Tue, 10 Oct 2000, Doug Poland wrote: > > > > >Hi, > > > > > >I've just recompiled custom kernel to include > > >firewall options IPFIREWALL, IPDIVERT, > > >IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE, IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE=100, > > >and ICMP_BANDLIM. > > > > > >My previous kernel was a slim, trim 1789667 > > >bytes. The new kernel is weighs in at a > > >whopping 7121175 bytes! That's 1.7MB to 7.1MB! > > > > > >Since this is a modest 80486 with only 20MB RAM, > > >and it's sole purpose in life is to route, I'm > > >trying to keep the kernel and the OS as unencumbered > > >as possible. > > > > > >Is this kernel bloat the price I pay for packet > > >filtering? Will a 7.1MB kernel on a 20MB 486 > > >perform adequately as a router for a cable modem? > > > > Hmm, That does sound a little on the heavy side, I have many of those > > options compiled into mine, IPFIREWALL, etc.. all except the ICMP_BANDLIm > > which wouldn't be a bad idea come to think of it, and mine weighs > > in at only > > 1915262 about 1.8Mb if my math is right, but certainly much less than your > > 7.1, Why not send out your kernel config file as a starter? > > Sounds more like you compiled LINT or something:) > > - Matt > > > Here's my kernel... > > # > # NEBO -- kernel configuration file for FreeBSD/i386 router/firewall > # > # $Id: NEBO,v 1.2 2000/10/06 04:19:34 root Exp root $ > # > # $Log: NEBO,v $ > # Revision 1.2 2000/10/06 04:19:34 root > # initial rev > # > # > > machine i386 > cpu I486_CPU > ident NEBO > maxusers 32 > > options IPFIREWALL #firewall > options IPDIVERT #divert sockets > options IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE #print information about > # dropped packets > options IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE_LIMIT=100 #limit verbosity > options ICMP_BANDLIM > > options MATH_EMULATE #Support for x87 emulation > options INET #InterNETworking > options INET6 #IPv6 communications protocols > options FFS #Berkeley Fast Filesystem > options FFS_ROOT #FFS usable as root device [keep this!] > options SOFTUPDATES #Enable FFS soft updates support > options MD_ROOT #MD is a potential root device > options NFS #Network Filesystem > options NFS_ROOT #NFS usable as root device, NFS required > options MSDOSFS #MSDOS Filesystem > options CD9660 #ISO 9660 Filesystem > options PROCFS #Process filesystem > options COMPAT_43 #Compatible with BSD 4.3 [KEEP THIS!] > options UCONSOLE #Allow users to grab the console > options USERCONFIG #boot -c editor > options VISUAL_USERCONFIG #visual boot -c editor > options KTRACE #ktrace(1) support > options P1003_1B #Posix P1003_1B real-time extensions > options KBD_INSTALL_CDEV # install a CDEV entry in /dev > > device isa > > # Floppy drives > device fdc0 at isa? port IO_FD1 irq 6 drq 2 > device fd0 at fdc0 drive 0 > > # ATA and ATAPI devices > device ata0 at isa? port IO_WD1 irq 14 > device ata1 at isa? port IO_WD2 irq 15 > device ata > device atadisk # ATA disk drives > options ATA_STATIC_ID #Static device numbering > > # atkbdc0 controls both the keyboard and the PS/2 mouse > device atkbdc0 at isa? port IO_KBD > device atkbd0 at atkbdc? irq 1 flags 0x1 > device psm0 at atkbdc? irq 12 > > device vga0 at isa? > > # splash screen/screen saver > pseudo-device splash > > # syscons is the default console driver, resembling an SCO console > device sc0 at isa? flags 0x100 > > # Floating point support - do not disable. > device npx0 at nexus? port IO_NPX irq 13 > > # ISA Ethernet NICs. > device ed0 at isa? port 0x300 irq 10 iomem 0xcc000 > device ed1 at isa? port 0x240 irq 3 iomem 0xc0000 > > # Pseudo devices - the number indicates how many units to allocated. > pseudo-device loop # Network loopback > pseudo-device ether # Ethernet support > pseudo-device ppp 1 # Kernel PPP > pseudo-device tun # Packet tunnel. > pseudo-device pty # Pseudo-ttys (telnet etc) > pseudo-device md # Memory "disks" > pseudo-device gif 4 # IPv6 and IPv4 tunneling > pseudo-device faith 1 # IPv6-to-IPv4 relaying (translation) > > # The `bpf' pseudo-device enables the Berkeley Packet Filter. > # Be aware of the administrative consequences of enabling this! > pseudo-device bpf #Berkeley packet filter > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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