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+++ b/share/man/man4/options.4
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: options.4,v 1.190 2008/09/05 13:15:34 chl Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: options.4,v 1.191 2008/09/06 14:04:48 jmc Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: options.4,v 1.21 1997/06/25 03:13:00 thorpej Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1998 Theo de Raadt
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: September 5 2008 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: September 6 2008 $
.Dt OPTIONS 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -235,8 +235,7 @@ Note that many parts of the kernel (typically device drivers) include their own
.Em #ifdef XXX_DEBUG
conditionals instead.
This option also turns on certain other options, notably
-.Cm option KMEMSTATS ,
-which may decrease system performance.
+.Cm option KMEMSTATS .
.It Cd option DIAGNOSTIC
Adds code to the kernel that does internal consistency checks.
This code will cause the kernel to panic if corruption of internal data
@@ -529,18 +528,8 @@ and
The kernel memory allocator,
.Xr malloc 9 ,
will keep statistics on its performance if this option is enabled.
-This option therefore can lead to a significant decrease in the performance
-of certain code in the kernel if enabled.
-Examples of such code include the
-.Fn namei
-routine, the
-.Xr ccd 4
-driver,
-the
-.Xr siop 4
-driver, and much of the networking code.
Note that this option is silently turned on by the
-.Em DEBUG
+.Cm DEBUG
option.
.It Cd option LKM
Enables support for loadable kernel modules.