Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 22:18:56 -0600 From: Eric Schuele <e.schuele@computer.org> To: RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Advantages of trimmed kernel? Message-ID: <457CDC30.9020102@computer.org> In-Reply-To: <200612110230.47544.fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com> References: <200612100905.30430.kirk@strauser.com> <200612110100.26229.fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com> <b34be8420612101747m4c0f8e57ifd8414ff14a47502@mail.gmail.com> <200612110230.47544.fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com>
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On 12/10/06 20:30, RW wrote: > On Monday 11 December 2006 01:47, Juha Saarinen wrote: >> On 12/11/06, RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com> wrote: >>> As I understand it the argument in favour of smaller kernels isn't that >>> they free-up memory for other uses, it's that they make better uses of >>> memory cache. >>> >>> OTOH big blocks of code that are rarely entered probably aren't going to >>> degrade performance much. >> Security through less code? Hmm, dunno. > > Who mentioned security? > I don't think anyone did... but the thought is in the right direction I think. With a smaller kernel and thus less code floating around... would the possibility of compromise be less? Sure, in some situations. See FreeBSD-SA-06:25.kmem. -Eric _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Regards, Eric
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