From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 27 20:30:29 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47E20106566C for ; Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:30:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from millenia2000@hotmail.com) Received: from bay0-omc2-s18.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc2-s18.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.246.154]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B4528FC1A for ; Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:30:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from millenia2000@hotmail.com) Received: from BAY126-DS4 ([65.55.131.31]) by bay0-omc2-s18.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:30:29 -0700 X-Originating-IP: [69.243.62.200] X-Originating-Email: [millenia2000@hotmail.com] Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <39A6C9275DDA4B6DA24DF4B7E51189B0@GRANT><20080627220702.31b4cf73.ghirai@ghirai.com><32548573DF524D82AD27368B846BB8E9@GRANT><44iqvuprwb.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <75CC1A2D26F54D419329D06D438A9803@GRANT> From: "Sean Cavanaugh" To: "Grant Peel" , References: <39A6C9275DDA4B6DA24DF4B7E51189B0@GRANT><20080627220702.31b4cf73.ghirai@ghirai.com><32548573DF524D82AD27368B846BB8E9@GRANT><44iqvuprwb.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <75CC1A2D26F54D419329D06D438A9803@GRANT> X-Unsent: 1 Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:30:15 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Importance: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 12.0.1606 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V12.0.1606 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 27 Jun 2008 20:30:29.0441 (UTC) FILETIME=[A3C4EB10:01C8D894] Cc: Subject: Re: CPUs again. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:30:29 -0000 -------------------------------------------------- From: "Grant Peel" Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 4:08 PM To: 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