On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 05:55:33PM +0700, Vadim Goncharov wrote: > > Not parallel ports -- plip interface > > Is someone somewhere boots over a known-to-be-long-broken slow interface?
Broken? And not removed from GENERIC 9.0? > I doubt. > > >> The possible solution to this may be to have a MINIMAL kernel, also updated > >> by freebsd-update(8), but that will double requirements for space in > >> /boot... > > > Why? > > Only minimal kernel on installation media and large /boot/loader.conf > > (on installation media) with all current drivers from GENERIC don't > > double requirements for space, on the contrary, space requirements > > reduced by reducing new GENERIC. > > No. Space requirements are not reduced signinficantly because kernel always > has all it's modules in same subdir. And if freebsd-update(8) updates, you > have to have two kernels in /boot, both MINIMAL and GENERIC, haven't you? No, only minimal kernel named as 'GENERIC'. > > Next step: after install sysincstall/bsdinstall/pc-install may reduce > > /boot/loader.conf and move some drivers to kld_list. > > Sounds good, but will all-in-loader.conf sllooww down installation media > boot considerably? /boot/loader sllooww independent what reading -- monolithic kernel or reduced monolithic kernel + modules. Total reading size approximately same. So and reading time approximately same. /boot/loader now sllooww reading big monolithic GENERIC from install CD/DVD. _______________________________________________ svn-src-head@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-head To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-head-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
