2008/6/5 Jon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> I usually name the kernel to the machine hostname, but you can give it >> any name. Edit the kernel config file: >> >> Remove any hardware related options that are not relevant to your >> machine. >> > http://www.muine.org/~hoang/openpf.html#customize > > Why would someone want to do this? Is this nothing more than saving a > negligible amount of memory?
People do this mostly to feel good about themselves. But, yes, removing stuff saves a few kB. There is also the thinking that removing unnecessary stuff makes the system more secure. This latter approach is more pertinent to a modular kernel such as the Linux kernel. OpenBSD, of course, uses a classical monolithic kernel. Let it be known that user-customized OBSD kernels are unsupported by the developers. Do it only if you have a very good reason to do so (activate a software feature or to get some special h/w to work). /juan
