From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 10 17:23:40 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D68BE16A47B for ; Sun, 10 Dec 2006 17:23:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from matt@gsicomp.on.ca) Received: from daisy2.compar.com (daisy2.compar.com [216.208.38.133]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1605C43CA2 for ; Sun, 10 Dec 2006 17:22:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from matt@gsicomp.on.ca) Received: from localhost (localhost.compar.com [127.0.0.1]) by daisy2.compar.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EBA9713C424; Sun, 10 Dec 2006 11:42:53 -0500 (EST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at compar.com Received: from unknown by localhost (amavisd-new, unix socket) id PQTA570p1BW5; Sun, 10 Dec 2006 11:42:52 -0500 (EST) Received: from gabby.gsicomp.on.ca (CPE00062566c7bb-CM0011e6ede298.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com [74.109.12.188]) by daisy2.compar.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1AE813C421; Sun, 10 Dec 2006 11:42:52 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gabby.gsicomp.on.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12BD1610E; Sun, 10 Dec 2006 12:35:27 -0500 (EST) Received: from unknown by localhost (amavisd-new, unix socket) id client-SsAR2RsS; Sun, 10 Dec 2006 12:35:10 -0500 (EST) Received: from hermes (hermes.gsicomp.on.ca [192.168.0.18]) by gabby.gsicomp.on.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7FAC56105; Sun, 10 Dec 2006 12:35:00 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <006301c71c7b$7fee7e80$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> From: "Matt Emmerton" To: "Jonathan Horne" , References: <200612100905.30430.kirk@strauser.com><200612100919.59564.lane@joeandlane.com> <200612100956.12327.freebsd@dfwlp.com> Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 11:51:45 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1807 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1807 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gsicomp.on.ca Cc: Subject: Re: Advantages of trimmed kernel? 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: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 17:23:40 -0000 > On Sunday 10 December 2006 09:19, Lane wrote: > > Suppose that as a stop-gap measure you pull > > an old isa nic from out of the closet, install it, and then boot the > > server ... only to realize that your nic is not supported by the kernel > > that you dutifully trimmed. > > > > I think it is especially important to keep the kernel as flexible as > > possible, since you may have to install the OS on any given machine without > > the luxury of recompiling. > > lane, i think thats a really good way to look at it. flexibility can truly be > a key of utmost importance when it comes to disaster recovery. However, remember that kmods can help you out in situations like these even if you haven't compiled the driver into the kernel -- as long as you're building with modules, that is. -- Matt Emmerton