From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Oct 24 18:48:39 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mtiwmhc24.worldnet.att.net (mtiwmhc24.worldnet.att.net [204.127.131.49]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC11A37B401 for ; Wed, 24 Oct 2001 18:48:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from columbia ([12.93.210.138]) by mtiwmhc24.worldnet.att.net (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with SMTP id <20011025014835.RBMG19017.mtiwmhc24.worldnet.att.net@columbia>; Thu, 25 Oct 2001 01:48:35 +0000 From: "Andrew C. Hornback" To: "Scott Gerhardt" , "FreeBSD" Subject: RE: KERNEL Config Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 21:47:44 -0400 Message-ID: <004a01c15cf7$0aa75320$6600000a@columbia> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > -----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? Hmm... I don't know if compiling the kernel once the system is installed uses some kind of optimization that the GENERIC kernel doesn't sue or not. But, from personal experience, I've noticed that the GENERIC kernel is about twice the size of the kernels that I compile for my machines. I'd assume that a smaller kernel means faster execution, or at least less of a memory load. Personally, I think it's a good idea to get rid of unused devices for simplicity and clarity when working with kernel configuration. --- Andy To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message