Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 07:01:03 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@acm.org> To: Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@MIT.EDU> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Experiences with FreeBSD 9.0-BETA2 Message-ID: <20110927210103.GA82240@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <alpine.GSO.1.10.1109261941050.882@multics.mit.edu> References: <201109260053.SAA25795@lariat.net> <201109260927.02540.jhb@freebsd.org> <alpine.GSO.1.10.1109261359100.882@multics.mit.edu> <201109262035.OAA17199@lariat.net> <CACqU3MUZ_ez-KMGVR33Aqz31i9cE%2BW7ANtvhqy3D%2BiPfroFpxA@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.GSO.1.10.1109261941050.882@multics.mit.edu>
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--wac7ysb48OaltWcw Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2011-Sep-26 19:48:23 -0400, Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@MIT.EDU> wrote: >On Mon, 26 Sep 2011, Arnaud Lacombe wrote: >> The problem with /boot on a dedicated partition is the the kernel, >> since at least 8.x, is installed by default with a vast majority of >> crap. That's all the .symbols, that 99% of FreeBSD users will never >> uses. > >My recollection is that this is because kensmith forgot to take=20 >'makeoptions DEBUG=3D-g' out of GENERIC when branching stable/8, and no on= e=20 Not quite - 'DEBUG=3D-g' was a deliberate move to make it easier for developers to talk users through faultfinding kernel issues. The correct fix is to install the .symbols files somewhere other than /boot/kernel - unfortunately, no-one has developed the necessary changes to the kernel installation. --=20 Peter Jeremy --wac7ysb48OaltWcw Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.18 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk6COY8ACgkQ/opHv/APuIdWgwCgm460aRa0Y7UaP48CCT5YSNzc ddwAmgLmBDW95A6FMXt3PFlbRtaarEw6 =MR3b -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --wac7ysb48OaltWcw--
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