From owner-svn-doc-head@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 13 20:11:27 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 482E646F; Sun, 13 Jan 2013 20:11:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gjb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (svn.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:2068::e6a:0]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35C7C92A; Sun, 13 Jan 2013 20:11:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (svn.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.70]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id r0DKBRss077702; Sun, 13 Jan 2013 20:11:27 GMT (envelope-from gjb@svn.freebsd.org) Received: (from gjb@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id r0DKBR17077701; Sun, 13 Jan 2013 20:11:27 GMT (envelope-from gjb@svn.freebsd.org) Message-Id: <201301132011.r0DKBR17077701@svn.freebsd.org> From: Glen Barber Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2013 20:11:27 +0000 (UTC) To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r40619 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq X-SVN-Group: doc-head MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the doc tree for head List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2013 20:11:27 -0000 Author: gjb Date: Sun Jan 13 20:11:26 2013 New Revision: 40619 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/40619 Log: Whitespace cleanup after fixes from r40602. Submitted by: blackend (in part) Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml Sun Jan 13 20:11:24 2013 (r40618) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml Sun Jan 13 20:11:26 2013 (r40619) @@ -1466,8 +1466,8 @@ kernel contains the drivers an ordinary computer will need. &man.freebsd-update.8;, the &os; binary upgrade tool, cannot upgrade custom kernels, another reason - to stick with the GENERIC kernel when possible. - For computers with very limited RAM, such as + to stick with the GENERIC kernel when + possible. For computers with very limited RAM, such as embedded systems, it may be worthwhile to build a smaller custom kernel containing just the required drivers. @@ -3297,24 +3297,27 @@ kern.timecounter.hardware: TSC -> i82 - GENERIC kernels shipped with &os; and later are compiled - in debug mode. Kernels built in debug mode + GENERIC kernels shipped with &os; + and later are compiled in debug mode. + Kernels built in debug mode contain many symbols in separate files that are used for debugging, thus greatly increasing the size of /boot/kernel/ Note that there will be little or no performance loss - from running a debug kernel, and it is useful to keep one around - in case of a system panic. + from running a debug kernel, and it is useful to keep one + around in case of a system panic. - However, if you are running low on disk space, there are - different options to reduce the size of /boot/kernel/. + However, if you are running low on disk space, there + are different options to reduce the size of /boot/kernel/. If you do not want the symbol files to be installed, - make sure you have the following line present in /etc/src.conf: + make sure you have the following line present in + /etc/src.conf: - WITHOUT_KERNEL_SYMBOLS=yes + WITHOUT_KERNEL_SYMBOLS=yes - For more information see &man.src.conf.5;. + For more information see &man.src.conf.5;. If you do not want to build a debug kernel, make sure that both of the following are true: @@ -3343,16 +3346,15 @@ kern.timecounter.hardware: TSC -> i82 MODULES_OVERRIDE= accf_http ipfw - Replace accf_httpd ipfw with a list - of modules you need. Only these modules will be built. This - does not only reduce the size of the kernel directory but - also decreases the amount of time needed to build your kernel. - For more information see - /usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf. - + Replace accf_httpd ipfw with + a list of modules you need. Only these modules will be + built. This does not only reduce the size of the kernel + directory but also decreases the amount of time needed to + build your kernel. For more information see + /usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf. You can also remove unneeded devices from your kernel - to further reduce the size. See + to further reduce the size. See for more information. To put any of these options into effect you will have