From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 22 16:40:08 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70B9C16A4CE for ; Thu, 22 Apr 2004 16:40:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp-out1.blueyonder.co.uk (smtp-out1.blueyonder.co.uk [195.188.213.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76C8243D39 for ; Thu, 22 Apr 2004 16:40:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jfm@blueyonder.co.uk) Received: from lexx ([82.37.145.193]) by smtp-out1.blueyonder.co.uk with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.5600); Fri, 23 Apr 2004 00:40:09 +0100 From: John Murphy To: newbies@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 00:40:05 +0100 Message-ID: References: <3a8q70tlt97mcr8llt61ff158gtudful25@4ax.com> <408844D5.9090709@nbritton.org> In-Reply-To: <408844D5.9090709@nbritton.org> X-Mailer: Forte Agent 1.93/32.576 English (American) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-OriginalArrivalTime: 22 Apr 2004 23:40:09.0201 (UTC) FILETIME=[25DA3E10:01C428C3] Subject: Re: Going small X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: jfm@blueyonder.co.uk List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 23:40:08 -0000 Nikolas Britton wrote: >John Murphy wrote: > >>options CPU_GEODE # Mandatory >> >I checked in NOTES and it says nothing of this option, how and where did= =20 >you get it, I thought /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/NOTES contained all valid=20 >options? http://phk.freebsd.dk/soekris/kern48xx.html No idea why it's not mentioned in NOTES though, perhaps it will be in = 5.3. >>options SYSVSHM #SYSV-style shared memory >>options SYSVMSG #SYSV-style message queues >>options SYSVSEM #SYSV-style semaphores > >You might be able to remove those options, if I remember right it=20 >explains in the freebsd handbook why you don't (and do) need these = options. Yep just had a look in the manual. The second two are only "a few = hundred bytes" each though. >>device isa >> >Arn't you dealing with a pci only board and chipset, why do you need isa= =20 >support? The serial ports require the isa bus: sio0 at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa0 sio1 at port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on isa0 And there's a bridge too: isab0: port 0x6200-0x623f,0x6100-0x613f at device 18.0 = on pci0 isa0: on isab0 >Also setting make options will make things leaner and meaner too.=20 >something like (this is just an example, don't build anything with this=20 >set of options and expect it to work): >CPUTYPE=3Di585/mmx Hadn't realised the importance of that one, thanks. I'll look into the others. >Have fun with your new toy :-) Seems the amount of time to play is inversely proportional to how interesting the new toy ;) >I'd love to have one of these but can't justify the cost. If you run a normal PC which uses say 0.1KWH it would cost =A370 pa. to run it 24/7 (In the UK). The soekris at 0.01KWH would cost =A37. (May help the justification :)) --=20 John.