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Date:      Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:30:15 -0400
From:      "Sean Cavanaugh" <Millenia2000@hotmail.com>
To:        "Grant Peel" <gpeel@thenetnow.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: CPUs again.
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From: "Grant Peel" <gpeel@thenetnow.com>
Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 4:08 PM
To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject: Re: CPUs again.

> So,
>
>    Given the output below, is there any real benifit to compiling a custom 
> kernel with an amd64 machine type (performance gains?), and given that 
> this server will be a Web/Email/Mysql server?

you can trim out all the unused drivers to slim your kernel down, or there 
may be other kernel options you want to use that are not in the GENERIC 
kernel.

but for what you are using it for, there's no harm in just staying with the 
GENERIC kernel.

-Sean 




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