From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG  Fri Feb 10 14:52:32 2012
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: stable@FreeBSD.org
Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D57441065672
	for <stable@FreeBSD.org>; Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:52:32 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from kp@sigsegv.be)
Received: from mercury.codepro.be (mercury.codepro.be
	[IPv6:2001:4b98:dc0:51:216:3eff:feb7:3147])
	by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6454B8FC0A
	for <stable@FreeBSD.org>; Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:52:32 +0000 (UTC)
Received: from adrastea.jupiter.sigsegv.be (adrastea.jupiter.sigsegv.be
	[IPv6:2001:6f8:1498:1::3])
	by mercury.codepro.be (Postfix) with ESMTP id 331E910D;
	Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:52:31 +0100 (CET)
Received: from thebe.jupiter.sigsegv.be (thebe.jupiter.sigsegv.be [172.16.1.5])
	by adrastea.jupiter.sigsegv.be (Postfix) with ESMTP id 92282BD46;
	Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:52:30 +0100 (CET)
Received: by thebe.jupiter.sigsegv.be (Postfix, from userid 1000)
	id 65D4EBEA9; Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:52:30 +0100 (CET)
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:52:30 +0100
From: Kristof Provost <kristof@sigsegv.be>
To: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net>
Message-ID: <20120210145230.GC10865@thebe.jupiter.sigsegv.be>
References: <20120210145604.Horde.ewjpSpjmRSRPNSH0YRHxgAk@webmail.leidinger.net>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: inline
In-Reply-To: <20120210145604.Horde.ewjpSpjmRSRPNSH0YRHxgAk@webmail.leidinger.net>
X-PGP-Fingerprint: E114 D9EA 909E D469 8F57  17A5 7D15 91C6 9EFA F286
User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15)
Cc: stable@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: Reducing the need to compile a custom kernel
X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5
Precedence: list
List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code <freebsd-stable.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-stable-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-stable-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable>,
	<mailto:freebsd-stable-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:52:32 -0000

On 2012-02-10 14:56:04 (+0100), Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> wrote:
> The question is, is this enough? Or asked differently, why are you
> compiling a custom kernel in a production environment (so I rule out
> debug options zhich are not enabled in GENERIC)? Are there options
> which you add which you can not add as a module (SW_WATCHDOG comes
> to my mind)? If yes, which ones and how important are they for you?
> 
VIMAGE and IPSEC

I currently "require" both of them.
The VIMAGE is sort of optional. I could run everything unjailed, but I
prefer this.
IPSEC is required, unless I add a separate device.

That's for a little home gateway (HP Microserver thingy), doing file
serving (NFS/ZFS), mail, web, backup, ...

Regards,
Kristof