Hi, On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 5:01 PM, Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy_at_acm.org> wrote: > On 2011-Sep-26 19:48:23 -0400, Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk_at_MIT.EDU> wrote: >>On Mon, 26 Sep 2011, Arnaud Lacombe wrote: >>> The problem with /boot on a dedicated partition is the the kernel, >>> since at least 8.x, is installed by default with a vast majority of >>> crap. That's all the .symbols, that 99% of FreeBSD users will never >>> uses. >> >>My recollection is that this is because kensmith forgot to take >>'makeoptions DEBUG=-g' out of GENERIC when branching stable/8, and no one > > Not quite - 'DEBUG=-g' was a deliberate move to make it easier for > developers to talk users through faultfinding kernel issues. > > The correct fix is to install the .symbols files somewhere other than > /boot/kernel - unfortunately, no-one has developed the necessary > changes to the kernel installation. > I did too, will put patches online soon. - Arnaud > -- > Peter Jeremy >Received on Tue Sep 27 2011 - 20:02:59 UTC
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