Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 15:09:32 -0700 From: Chris St Denis <chris@smartt.com> To: Jos Chrispijn <jos@webrz.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Kernel for Dual Core Message-ID: <483B351C.2070906@smartt.com> In-Reply-To: <483B04A2.1050909@webrz.net> 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> <483B04A2.1050909@webrz.net>
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Jos Chrispijn wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > 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" Although this can be useful, it's still generally reasonably safe to comment out a lot of stuff. For example, a server doesn't typically need mp3 player support, and most ISA stuff can probably go unless you are working with very old hardware, and a server probably doesn't need pccard support. The more obscure NICs can probably go too. -- Chris St Denis Programmer SmarttNet (www.smartt.com) Ph: 604-473-9700 Ext. 200 ------------------------------------------- "Smart Internet Solutions For Businesses"
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