From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 27 21:01:09 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB311106566C for ; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 21:01:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@acm.org) Received: from mail28.syd.optusnet.com.au (mail28.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.133.169]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3773A8FC0A for ; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 21:01:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (c220-239-116-103.belrs4.nsw.optusnet.com.au [220.239.116.103]) by mail28.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id p8RL15C2023409 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 28 Sep 2011 07:01:06 +1000 X-Bogosity: Ham, spamicity=0.000000 Received: from server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (localhost.vk2pj.dyndns.org [127.0.0.1]) by server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.14.5/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p8RL15bx082291; Wed, 28 Sep 2011 07:01:05 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org) Received: (from peter@localhost) by server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.14.5/8.14.4/Submit) id p8RL13pE082290; Wed, 28 Sep 2011 07:01:03 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter) Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 07:01:03 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy To: Benjamin Kaduk Message-ID: <20110927210103.GA82240@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <201109260053.SAA25795@lariat.net> <201109260927.02540.jhb@freebsd.org> <201109262035.OAA17199@lariat.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="wac7ysb48OaltWcw" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-PGP-Key: http://members.optusnet.com.au/peterjeremy/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Experiences with FreeBSD 9.0-BETA2 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 21:01:09 -0000 --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 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--