Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2011 15:26:16 +0400 From: Slawa Olhovchenkov <slw@zxy.spb.ru> To: Vadim Goncharov <vadim_nuclight@mail.ru> Cc: svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org, Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>, John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r225201 - in head/sys: amd64/conf i386/conf Message-ID: <20110829112616.GK21676@zxy.spb.ru> In-Reply-To: <201108291055.p7TAtY2U023372@kernblitz.nuclight.avtf.net> References: <86obzbi75n.fsf@srvbsdfenssv.interne.associated-bears.org> <20110827105342.GC21676@zxy.spb.ru> <4E58D8E8.3090603@FreeBSD.org> <20110827124432.GD21676@zxy.spb.ru> <4E595447.8000104@FreeBSD.org> <20110827210448.GE21676@zxy.spb.ru> <4E595EC8.40307__41269.9701650583$1314479863$gmane$org@FreeBSD.org> <201108291032.p7TAWZ6p023254@kernblitz.nuclight.avtf.net> <20110829104050.GJ21676@zxy.spb.ru> <201108291055.p7TAtY2U023372@kernblitz.nuclight.avtf.net>
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On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 05:55:33PM +0700, Vadim Goncharov wrote: > > Not parallel ports -- plip interface > > Is someone somewhere boots over a known-to-be-long-broken slow interface? Broken? And not removed from GENERIC 9.0? > I doubt. > > >> The possible solution to this may be to have a MINIMAL kernel, also updated > >> by freebsd-update(8), but that will double requirements for space in /boot... > > > Why? > > Only minimal kernel on installation media and large /boot/loader.conf > > (on installation media) with all current drivers from GENERIC don't > > double requirements for space, on the contrary, space requirements > > reduced by reducing new GENERIC. > > No. Space requirements are not reduced signinficantly because kernel always > has all it's modules in same subdir. And if freebsd-update(8) updates, you > have to have two kernels in /boot, both MINIMAL and GENERIC, haven't you? No, only minimal kernel named as 'GENERIC'. > > Next step: after install sysincstall/bsdinstall/pc-install may reduce > > /boot/loader.conf and move some drivers to kld_list. > > Sounds good, but will all-in-loader.conf sllooww down installation media > boot considerably? /boot/loader sllooww independent what reading -- monolithic kernel or reduced monolithic kernel + modules. Total reading size approximately same. So and reading time approximately same. /boot/loader now sllooww reading big monolithic GENERIC from install CD/DVD.
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