On Fri, Sep 07, 2007 at 11:55:58PM +0200, Maurice Janssen wrote: > On Friday, September 7, 2007 at 14:33:23 -0700, Vincent Li wrote: > > > >Is it worth to compile and install custom OpenBSD kernel for net4801 using > >flashdist? will general OpenBSD kernel be fine? > > I've been using the GENERIC kernel with a 4501 and a 4801 without any > problem. It's possible that there are some advantages by using a custom > kernel that I'm unaware of, but I never felt the need to try.
When I first got a 4801 I spent a couple of weeks playing with custom kernels without seeing any noticeable difference, so decided to stick with GENERIC. Fairly recently I got a newer flash card and ran into problems because the OS recognized that it supported UltraDMA and tried to use it, but my early 4801 is not wired to support it. So now I need to use config to change the flags to the wd driver to disable DMA modes. (It's hardly worth it to bother with custom kernels for just this change IMO.) Unless you get an old Soekris with a new CF card, you won't run into this problem, but it is an example of a situation where the standard GENERIC doesn't work well. _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
