On Jan 16, 2008 12:20 PM, Nick Holland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Richard Daemon wrote: > ... > > As for others saying 'why re-compile GENERIC', well, GENERIC is awesome > in > > itself and there is no need generally. But I think the reason for some > > people is that they too like tweaking /usr/src/sys/conf/GENERIC & > > /usr/src/sys/arch/$ARCH/conf/GENERIC to remove any un-needed options > that > > they don't use or need or even for changing root device. > > remove a few toes, while you are at it. > > > Speeds up boot times, > > Take the time you spend crafting a custom kernel (including all screwups) > Divide by the number of reboots during the life of that kernel to find out > how much of a speed improvement you have to accomplish to justify this. > Now, laugh at this argument. >
I don't know about you, but I've never had a problem taking out the proper bloat. > > > smaller kernel size, > > why? 6M kernel, 64M machine. You now make it a 4M kernel. You have > saved 3% of your RAM. And accomplished...what? You miss the point. I won't re-write it for you though. > > > If you have reason to try to run OpenBSD on a 16M or 12M machine, > yes, you have some serious trimming to do. And you better know > what the heck you are doing. But systems on the curb on trash > day are typically 32M or more now, so this is a pointless quest. > > > slightly less ram wasted > > RAM is not usually something in short supply these days. > > > and could even potentially secure the > > system more in some cases. > > more likely to destabilize it and insecure it. Quite the contrary if you look what's in the sys/conf kernel. Take a look some time and tell me what would or could make it more 'insecure'. > > > I don't even like setting the terminal speed in boot.conf. I'd much > rather just set the terminal speed of the device in question to be the > default of the OS in question, which in this case is 9600bps. That > way, when you reinstall it, you don't forget to edit that parameter > and cause yourself problems. > > Remember: the goal is NOT to get the thing running, the goal is to > KEEP it running (i.e., maintainable) throughout its life cycle. > > Nick.
