Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 21:32:01 +0200 From: Jorn Argelo <jorn@wcborstel.nl> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kernel config optimized Message-ID: <200404192132.01803.jorn@wcborstel.nl> In-Reply-To: <BAY15-DAV46i7FTzKrq0002a047@hotmail.com> References: <BAY15-DAV46i7FTzKrq0002a047@hotmail.com>
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On Monday 19 April 2004 21:02, Brian Henning wrote: > The following is a copy of my kernel config file. I am trying to optimize > it as much as possible. > > do i need any of these psudo devices? > pseudo-device loop # Network loopback > pseudo-device ether # Ethernet support > pseudo-device sl 1 # Kernel SLIP > pseudo-device ppp 1 # Kernel PPP > pseudo-device tun # Packet tunnel. > pseudo-device pty # Pseudo-ttys (telnet etc) > pseudo-device md # Memory "disks" > pseudo-device gif # IPv6 and IPv4 tunneling > pseudo-device faith 1 # IPv6-to-IPv4 relaying (translation) > pseudo-device splash You can safely remove SL, PPP, GIF and Faith, but I would keep the rest if I were you. > do i need any of these devices? > device atadisk # ATA disk drives > device atapicd # ATAPI CDROM drives > options ATA_STATIC_ID # Static device numbering Depends on the hardware. If you're not using any IDE drives then you can disable that. Cheers, Jorn [snip]
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