From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun May 30 18: 2: 6 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from pawn.primelocation.net (unknown [205.161.238.235]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5914114CB1 for ; Sun, 30 May 1999 18:02:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jedgar@fxp.org) Received: (qmail 52557 invoked by uid 1003); 31 May 1999 01:02:02 -0000 Received: from localhost (sendmail-bs@127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 31 May 1999 01:02:02 -0000 Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 21:02:02 -0400 (EDT) From: "Chris D. Faulhaber" X-Sender: jedgar@pawn.primelocation.net To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Kernel config script In-Reply-To: <199905310030.KAA28675@cimlogic.com.au> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 31 May 1999, John Birrell wrote: > Why build a kernel at all? The generic kernel should do that application > just fine. Only build a custom kernel if you have a good reason to do > so. > I somewhat agree. A custom kernel is useful for setting up and tuning parameters (e.g. softupdates); however, unlike Linux, we don't have a new kernel every week to reconfigure. ----- Chris D. Faulhaber | All the true gurus I've met never System/Network Administrator | claimed they were one, and always Reality Check Information, Inc. | pointed to someone better. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message