From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jan 17 11:29:16 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA17746 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 17 Jan 1998 11:29:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dyson.iquest.net (dyson.iquest.net [198.70.144.127]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA17735 for ; Sat, 17 Jan 1998 11:29:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from toor@dyson.iquest.net) Received: (from root@localhost) by dyson.iquest.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA06744; Sat, 17 Jan 1998 14:11:33 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from toor) Message-Id: <199801171911.OAA06744@dyson.iquest.net> Subject: Re: Undocumented options in Kernel In-Reply-To: from Aled Treharne at "Jan 17, 98 04:58:54 pm" To: felix@royal.net Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 14:11:33 -0500 (EST) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: "John S. Dyson" Reply-To: dyson@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk Aled Treharne said: > > While configuring a new kernel the other day I noticed that there are a > lot of options not documented in LINT or anywhere else I could find. IS > there a complete description of all possible options for the kernel > config file out there anywhere? > LINT and GENERIC are the best references. There are kernel options that (for example) I have created and are not documented. However, those are mostly for debugging or performance comparisons. Such options can readily disappear without notice. If you find options that really help your perf or stability, let the developers know, and I am sure that such input can be very valuable. -- John | Never try to teach a pig to sing, dyson@freebsd.org | it just makes you look stupid, jdyson@nc.com | and it irritates the pig.