From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 23 12:47:25 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BE2216A420 for ; Thu, 23 Mar 2006 12:47:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from pi.codefab.com (pi.codefab.com [199.103.21.227]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2DDEC43D48 for ; Thu, 23 Mar 2006 12:47:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pi.codefab.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 665415DAF; Thu, 23 Mar 2006 07:47:22 -0500 (EST) Received: from pi.codefab.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (pi.codefab.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 82228-01; Thu, 23 Mar 2006 07:47:21 -0500 (EST) Received: from [192.168.1.3] (pool-68-160-194-11.ny325.east.verizon.net [68.160.194.11]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pi.codefab.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 584785C59; Thu, 23 Mar 2006 07:47:21 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <442298E0.9020507@mac.com> Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 07:47:28 -0500 From: Chuck Swiger Organization: The Courts of Chaos User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (Windows/20051201) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Perica Veljanovski References: <44228CBA.2050105@akton.com.mk> In-Reply-To: <44228CBA.2050105@akton.com.mk> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at codefab.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: which controllers(devices) to disable in kernel? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 12:47:25 -0000 Perica Veljanovski wrote: > I bought a new pc with GIGABYTE GA-K8VT800 VIA K8T800 mother board (has > ata, sata, raid) and a SATA IBM HDD and installed FreeBSD 6.0. > > I'm building a custom kernel and I was wondering which > controllers(devices) I need for my new kernel to support my motherboard > properly? You can comment out the things you don't need which you know you don't need, and test that kernel and see whether you're happy with it. > Is there a way to see which devices my pc uses from the GENERIC kernel? Take a look at "dmesg", it will show all of the devices as they are recognized and configured. -- -Chuck