Mark Kettenis <mark.kette...@xs4all.nl> wrote: > > Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2023 23:19:30 +0000 > > From: Klemens Nanni <k...@openbsd.org> > > > > Does the tiny kexec kernel actually need network, bio(4) or HID devices? > > octeon/BOOT does not have any of this. > > Well, we do need the USB keyboard stuff to allow users to type at the > bootloader prompt no? The USB mouse is clearly not needed, even on a > RAMDISK kernel. That's an oversight.
Right. > I'm not sure about trimming the pseudo-device stuff. The fact that > you need that etherip line suggests that something is fishy. I think > I would keep the loop line instead since that is what we do on the > floppy kernels for i386 and amd64. The wsmux needs to be kept as well > of course. It suggests you are choosing some random network-device, to pull in the network support. When you delete stuff out of the kernel configuration, you are heading towards configurations that *noone has ever tested*. Do you really wish to be the first person to go there? For a configuration where it is almost impossible to collect meaningful debug information? That doesn't seem sane.
