Date: Sun, 5 Feb 1995 12:36:34 -0800 (PST) From: Tom Samplonius <tom@haven.uniserve.com> To: Ed Hudson <elh@p5.spnet.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org, elh@spnet.com Subject: Re: kernel limits Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.950205123226.12228C-100000@haven.uniserve.com> In-Reply-To: <199502041640.QAA06673@p5.spnet.com>
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On Sat, 4 Feb 1995, Ed Hudson wrote: > > i'd like to request that you folks consider 2 changes > to kernel limits to be incorporated in the general > release. > > in order for me to do the sort of work that i do > (chip design, cad development), the first thing > that i do with each new release of FBSD is change these > limits. i know of other organizations using FBSD > (or NBSD) in real engineering applications, and they > have similar problems with the current limtis. Why not provide several different kernels that could be copied over the generic kernel? Some suggestions: - IDE only kernel. Many people only have IDE drives, keeping out all the SCSI drivers would probably save some space. - SCSI only kernel. No IDE driver. - PRO Kenerl. Extra high limits on symlinks, users, processes, etc. Tom
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