From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 10 19:43:17 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from munich.v-net.org (u57n248.hfx.eastlink.ca [24.222.57.248]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C61B37B503 for ; Tue, 10 Oct 2000 19:43:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from unisys (Windozzze [192.168.8.2]) by munich.v-net.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id XAA52106; Tue, 10 Oct 2000 23:42:47 -0300 (ADT) (envelope-from matt@researcher.com) From: "Matt Rudderham" To: "Matt Rudderham" , "Doug Poland" , "ListServer FreeBSD Questions" Subject: RE: kernel bloat Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 23:40:10 -0300 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >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