Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1997 11:59:10 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Kwoody <kwoody@citytel.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Kernel Message-ID: <19971027115910.42524@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.971026161855.388A-100000@mybsd.net>; from Kwoody on Sun, Oct 26, 1997 at 04:26:06PM -0800 References: <Pine.BSF.3.91.971026161855.388A-100000@mybsd.net>
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On Sun, Oct 26, 1997 at 04:26:06PM -0800, Kwoody wrote: > > Made my own kernel and it works! Just a quick question though, now that > I have a kernel specific for my machine it seems as though things are > running a tad quicker. Could this be possible now with way less stuff in > the kernel? It is 400k smaller. It was 1.2 meg now its a wee bit over 800k. That's a small kernel. I'm surprised you were able to remove that much from it. But I can't see that it should make much difference to the performance. > I know the reboot took way less time than it used to now that it only searches > for a few things. Even the probe for my HD's only takes 3 or 4 seconds > now and it used to be at least 10 seconds. It's more likely that your probes are taking the same time, but they're not timing out on non-existent hardware. Greg
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