From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 27 22:02:59 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 3BAB8106564A for ; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 22:02:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lacombar@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wy0-f182.google.com (mail-wy0-f182.google.com [74.125.82.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C42538FC15 for ; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 22:02:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wyj26 with SMTP id 26so6211533wyj.13 for ; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:02:57 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=Gx2GTMbefNfqoBFOXE05G3tOVDuQKmjNYh5/XCNArWY=; b=o6UnAEML9w4lP/wjjuvAlfTU4SUfrZ1mMr3viO0EA2AspHR8Xa7T94YYOHxJiKayQV YfEvgKCFNSiTVnNc44rCCJPxYuWrHm6vwfOI77OdziC5OKr7HqvAFBHse2xDj4gu9G7e R9oR2Iu2Vjm+c/Yx6y5g173Yx/If5+2v4aBZw= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.172.145 with SMTP id t17mr116021wel.36.1317160977609; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:02:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.180.103.33 with HTTP; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:02:57 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20110927210103.GA82240@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <201109260053.SAA25795@lariat.net> <201109260927.02540.jhb@freebsd.org> <201109262035.OAA17199@lariat.net> <20110927210103.GA82240@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 18:02:57 -0400 Message-ID: From: Arnaud Lacombe To: Peter Jeremy Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Benjamin Kaduk 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 22:02:59 -0000 Hi, On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 5:01 PM, Peter Jeremy wrote: > 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 >>'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 >