From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon May 31 6: 6:16 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from r84aap011262.sbo-smr.ma.cable.rcn.com (r84aap011262.sbo-smr.ma.cable.rcn.com [209.6.194.47]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A923154CF for ; Mon, 31 May 1999 06:06:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from huff@r84aap011262.sbo-smr.ma.cable.rcn.com) Received: (from huff@localhost) by r84aap011262.sbo-smr.ma.cable.rcn.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id JAA67921; Mon, 31 May 1999 09:07:41 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from huff) From: Robert Huff MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 09:07:41 -0400 (EDT) To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Kernel config script In-Reply-To: <23649517@toto.iv> X-Mailer: VM 6.43 under 20.4 "Emerald" XEmacs Lucid Message-ID: <14162.35022.502546.522089@r84aap011262.sbo-smr.ma.cable.rcn.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Chris D. Faulhaber writes: > 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. How often _do_ people rebuild their kernels? (On non-testing machines.) I rebuild/reinstall every two weeks, plus or minus a day or two. (And, for the record, I notice a non-trivial speed jump going from a generic to a custom kernel.) Robert Huff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message