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Date:      07 May 2001 03:58:45 +0200
From:      Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>
To:        Aman <satanmode@runbox.com>
Cc:        "freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org" <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>, "Sandeep (ROCK MAN)" <fuhrer6mill@yahoo.com>, Jaswinder Singh Kohli <jskohli@fig.org>
Subject:   Re: squeeze freeBSDs' kernel size
Message-ID:  <xzpelu1zzqi.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
In-Reply-To: <3AF50686.F09BBDD5@runbox.com>
References:  <3AF50686.F09BBDD5@runbox.com>

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Aman <satanmode@runbox.com> writes:
> kldstat shows the kernel as a loaded module.
> does it mean the kernel after getting in the core is resident to it's
> complete physical size.

Kldstat will tell you exactly how much space the kernel text
(i.e. actual code) is taking up.  As to memory used for kernel data,
try 'vmstat -m'.

> my question is, does the pagedaemon carry out any sort of paging or
> segmentation on the kernel and it's loadable modules though the latter
> seems necessary.

No.

> how much size can be really squeezed out of the kernel 

Ask the freebsd-small mailing list.

DES
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org

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