From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 26 18:42:44 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62038106564A for ; Mon, 26 May 2008 18:42:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jos@webrz.net) Received: from webrz.xs4all.nl (webrz.xs4all.nl [82.95.248.216]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A5AB8FC1D for ; Mon, 26 May 2008 18:42:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jos@webrz.net) Received: from webrz.xs4all.nl (localhost.webrz.net [127.0.0.1]) by webrz.xs4all.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A8A8FD06A for ; Mon, 26 May 2008 20:43:21 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [10.10.10.27] (atlantis.webrz.net [10.10.10.27]) by webrz.xs4all.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43BDEFD061 for ; Mon, 26 May 2008 20:43:21 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <483B04A2.1050909@webrz.net> Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 20:42:42 +0200 From: Jos Chrispijn User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (Windows/20080213) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <483ADEA1.40206@webrz.net> <483AE57B.2000106@magichamster.com> <483AEB21.4070100@webrz.net> <483AF28F.1080102@magichamster.com> <18490.64855.333616.875277@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <483B009E.5000808@next.online.no> In-Reply-To: <483B009E.5000808@next.online.no> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AV-Checked: ClamAV using ClamSMTP @ prometheus.webrz.net Subject: Re: Kernel for Dual Core X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 18:42:44 -0000 Tore Lund wrote: > Right, anecdotally. I seem to recall there was a real speed gain under > version 4.x. When I tried to trim my kernel in one of the 6.x releases, > however, there was barely any differenc. > I have a hard disk bay in my server. Due to the fact that BSD is very flexible, in case of hardware failure other than hard disk, you can remove the hard drive and put it in any other server and with GENERIC you just power on and it will allways work. When you use a system tuned version, that might be not the case as some removed periphirals are deleted from the Kernel. Is this, in combination with the speedy processors nowadays, a reason to use GENERIC though? Is Kernel finetuning not for older hardware (P2 and P3 related)? Jos