Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2001 23:00:08 -0500 From: Brandon Fosdick <bfoz@glue.umd.edu> To: Zvezdan Petkovic <zvezdan@CS.WM.EDU> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why is splash in GENERIC? Message-ID: <3C2E9148.DDD58D4A@glue.umd.edu> References: <3C2D1E15.A0227235@glue.umd.edu> <20011228231955.A408@dali.cs.wm.edu>
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Zvezdan Petkovic wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 28, 2001 at 08:36:21PM -0500, Brandon Fosdick wrote: > > I noticed the thread a little while ago about shrinking the kernel to > > get it on the release floppies (was that here or on hackers?) and splash > > seems like a good candidate for the chopping block. AFAICT it's not > > required if you don't want a splash screen and the install disks aren't > > set up for a default splash screen. I just tried making a kernel without > > splash and it seems to work fine, in fact I'm writing this email on the > > same machine. Of course, I've only been running this kernel for a few > > minutes so I guess something bad could crop up. Is there any reason its > > included in GENERIC? > > > > Don't mix the shrinking of the kernel to fit on the boot floppy > (something that is really necessary) with shrinking features in GENERIC. > GENERIC should be, well, _generic_. It contains as much useful features > and drivers as necessary to satisfy most users/hardware. > > You are free to optimise your kernel for your machine/preferences of > course. If you do not have SCSI -- no need to have those drivers in the > kernel. If you do not like splash screen, so be it. I was assuming that GENERIC was intended to be a configuration that was most likely to boot on a wide range of machines without problems, therefore making the install process less painful. I guess since I always customize my kernels I never thought that people might use GENERIC for more than just installing. Makes sense for the "grandmother" portion of the user base. Thanks. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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