RELENG_4 -> 5 -> 6: significant performance regression

[Dominic Marks]

Dominic Marks wrote:
> Peter Jeremy wrote:
>> On Sun, 2006-Apr-30 10:05:40 +0100, Chris wrote:
>>> Does 'makeoptions     DEBUG=-g' add any kind of performance hit or
>>> overhead as I noticed it wasnt default in 5.4 but is in 6.0.
>>
>> No.  It just means that a debug kernel is built in addition to the
>> normal kernel.  The major benefit is that if you do get a panic,
>> you can debug it without needing to rebuild the kernel.
>>
> 
> I've often thought that the default should be for this to be
> on instead of off. Does anyone know why the current state is
> so? I suppose it incurs a small amount of additional disc
> space but the benefits are considerable for everyone involved.

Clarifying what I was getting at (it does default to on) I meant
that it has to be turned on with an option not turned off.

> Cheers,
> Dominic
> 
> 
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