From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 26 10:56:29 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B42AF16A4CE for ; Tue, 26 Apr 2005 10:56:29 +0000 (GMT) Received: from dragoncrest.jasnetworks.net (dragoncrest.jasnetworks.net [69.51.151.143]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B91143D49 for ; Tue, 26 Apr 2005 10:56:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from me@raiden.net) Received: from v5k7y7.raiden.net (works.jasnetworks.net [192.168.0.3]) j3QB9RCL009996; Tue, 26 Apr 2005 07:09:27 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from me@raiden.net) Message-Id: <5.2.0.9.2.20050426070258.01d96d80@192.168.0.25> X-Sender: raiden@raiden.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.0.9 Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 07:06:49 -0400 To: Alexander Chamandy From: Lord Raiden In-Reply-To: References: <5.2.0.9.2.20050425231442.00a408b0@192.168.0.25> <5.2.0.9.2.20050425231442.00a408b0@192.168.0.25> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Questions about processes X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 10:56:29 -0000 >Most of those processes are used by the kernel, some of them, if you >aren't using the specific hardware or functionality they provide (such >as USB or ktrace) can be disabled by compiling your own kernel (see >here: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/kernelconfig.html). > While this may not provide a *HUGE* performance increase, it may be a >good idea to try. I would also recommend, perhaps, adding some more >RAM? :-) Hmm, interesting. I figured they might all be needed, but given the raw number that there were I was kind of shocked. My ps list in 4.x was a whole lot shorter so I thought that a lot of these were just a lot of unneeded processes that could simply be removed, but apparently not. heh. Thanks for the info. I guess I just found it weird to have a list like that come up. Especially with all the irq and other items appearing on that list. Steven Lake -Owner/Webmaster Raiden's Realm www.raiden.net Come see "Monk" the comic strip and laugh till you die! :) http://www.raiden.net/Monk/