From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 23 17:38:04 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B3079106566C for ; Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:38:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from barney@pit.databus.com) Received: from mail1.aceinnovative.com (mail1.aceinnovative.com [66.114.74.12]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6291D8FC08 for ; Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:38:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pit.databus.com ([71.167.133.111]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail1.aceinnovative.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o0NHOteJ008823 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Sat, 23 Jan 2010 12:24:55 -0500 Received: from pit.databus.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pit.databus.com (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o0NHOsS4069238 for ; Sat, 23 Jan 2010 12:24:55 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from barney@pit.databus.com) X-DKIM: Sendmail DKIM Filter v2.8.3 pit.databus.com o0NHOsS4069238 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=databus.com; s=20091218; t=1264267495; bh=9JSpdS2r/FuHk2twqQiAilx2Uq9eSc14JVXoVY/P/o4=; l=606; h=Date:From:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:In-Reply-To; b=DQZLoydAUSOt8Ll8eJhQxgwQaqXQQiv75DZrEmjD46dhUmmYrTZPPcgjK8hWvkD7p 8KU3FwLt9WnVkV9glvZ81UHmWeHsO9c0NrZLFji4t8ITHfjbfQbsHiPiYaYiaX992S 95EPlI4zm902hhYecREtkRV6U4fcueB1MpYN8Gq0= Received: (from barney@localhost) by pit.databus.com (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id o0NHOs72069237 for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Sat, 23 Jan 2010 12:24:54 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from barney) Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 12:24:54 -0500 From: Barney Wolff Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20100123172454.GA68693@pit.databus.com> References: <20100122162155.GG3917@e-Gitt.NET> <20100123012328.GA3296@swelter.hanley.stade.co.uk> <20100123114209.GA21457@ei.bzerk.org> <201001232244.03752.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201001232244.03752.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Subject: Re: 8.0-RELEASE -> -STABLE and size of / X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:38:04 -0000 On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 10:43:49PM +1030, Daniel O'Connor wrote: > On Sat, 23 Jan 2010, Ruben de Groot wrote: > > To be a little more precise: it's not the >kernel< that is so big. > > It's all the (mostly not needed) modules and symbol files that fill > > up / > > Maybe they could be put somewhere else.. I have a stupid question: Why are modules built and installed for things that are already included in the kernel? That would seem (I haven't looked) to be a simple change that would both speed up builds and shrink /boot/kernel. -- Barney Wolff I never met a computer I didn't like.