Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 18:02:57 -0400 From: Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar@gmail.com> To: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@acm.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@mit.edu> Subject: Re: Experiences with FreeBSD 9.0-BETA2 Message-ID: <CACqU3MXKhVqGPo_AuEtfJEbTKz5QPpTsTwGfFNt0XvmKhtkYqA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20110927210103.GA82240@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> 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> <20110927210103.GA82240@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org>
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Hi, On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 5:01 PM, Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@acm.org> wrote: > 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 >>'makeoptions DEBUG=-g' out of GENERIC when branching stable/8, and no one > > Not quite - 'DEBUG=-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. > I did too, will put patches online soon. - Arnaud > -- > Peter Jeremy >
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