Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 23:40:10 -0300 From: "Matt Rudderham" <matt@researcher.com> To: "Matt Rudderham" <matt@researcher.com>, "Doug Poland" <doug@polands.org>, "ListServer FreeBSD Questions" <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: kernel bloat Message-ID: <NDBBLEKOOLGIBFPGLFEKKEOPCEAA.matt@researcher.com> In-Reply-To: <NDBBLEKOOLGIBFPGLFEKEEOPCEAA.matt@researcher.com>
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>Hi, > >I've just recompiled custom kernel to include >firewall options IPFIREWALL, IPDIVERT, >IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE, IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE=100, >and ICMP_BANDLIM. > >My previous kernel was a slim, trim 1789667 >bytes. The new kernel is weighs in at a >whopping 7121175 bytes! That's 1.7MB to 7.1MB! > >Since this is a modest 80486 with only 20MB RAM, >and it's sole purpose in life is to route, I'm >trying to keep the kernel and the OS as unencumbered >as possible. > >Is this kernel bloat the price I pay for packet >filtering? Will a 7.1MB kernel on a 20MB 486 >perform adequately as a router for a cable modem? > >Hmm, That does sound a little on the heavy side, I have many of those >options compiled into mine, IPFIREWALL, etc.. all except the ICMP_BANDLIm >which wouldn't be a bad idea come to think of it... Which is why it's there by default and I left it without remembering, I do have it after all:) - Matt To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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