From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 27 18:15:15 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 3C52E10656A9 for ; Tue, 27 May 2008 18:15:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from camiloreyes82@yahoo.com) Received: from web63912.mail.re1.yahoo.com (web63912.mail.re1.yahoo.com [69.147.97.127]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C7D918FC0C for ; Tue, 27 May 2008 18:15:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from camiloreyes82@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 42920 invoked by uid 60001); 27 May 2008 18:15:14 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-ID; b=IxUK9h0vrAqlxuEbOFcjbFZfpx/cLy6GsFmkGWqR4FsVvhQlA7I7E81+B5da+L3WyBoM4GHZssu4hASe5fDbE75NukEH3QANJ866v9NdL6A2yOgbcxx7WcwfHA0+4+34BuSuFyeagcMviK+TzGGwCb7Lh2TnkdyYcZTHN/L0DYY=; X-YMail-OSG: qZ3YcCQVM1l6VNGtwoKpRdap.NuKJoPWk69fglEp_0NOnCurvnUK1juOXoIBrLv135k4NlBcwHzGfo7krN1nV0Wub7gqvnCexHCd7Q-- Received: from [146.23.68.42] by web63912.mail.re1.yahoo.com via HTTP; Tue, 27 May 2008 11:15:13 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailRC/975.41 YahooMailWebService/0.7.185 Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 11:15:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Camilo Reyes To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-ID: <1692.42766.qm@web63912.mail.re1.yahoo.com> Subject: Re: freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 217, Issue 4 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: Tue, 27 May 2008 18:15:15 -0000 > Mark Ovens writes:=0A>=0A>>=A0 The advantage of building a custom kernel = is ...=0A>=0A>=A0=A0 There are others.=0A>=A0=A0=A0 If I understand correct= ly, space for the kernel (code and data)=0A> is allocated once at initial s= ystem load.=A0 Smaller code portion =3D>=0A> more space for data.=0A>=A0=A0= =A0 Second, fewer components =3D> fewer interactions =3D> fewer=0A> possibl= e points of failure.=0A>=A0=A0=A0 And, _anecdotally_, smaller kernels are f= aster.=A0 I haven't=0A> tested in a few years, but it used to be enough fas= ter you could=0A> tell it with the naked eye.=0A>=0A>=0A>=A0=A0=A0 =A0=A0= =A0 =A0=A0=A0 =A0=A0=A0 Robert Huff=0A=0ANot to mention added security.=0A-= Camilo=0A=0A=0A