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On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 04:54:10 -0700 (PDT)
kamal kc <kamal_ckk@yahoo.com> wrote:

> hello everybody,
> 
> i am new to kernel programming.
> i am developing a compression/decompression
> functionality in the ip layer.
> 
> i want to compile the kernel faster.
> 
>  it would
> be ok if the kernel doesn't have support for sound
> devices, or other devices like scsi,usb etc. because
> i would be using the compiled kernel for 
> network data compression only. 
> 
> how could i do that. which source files and where in
> the makefiles do i make modifications ????
> 
> thanks for any suggestions

Read the handbook -
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig.html

Next time remember to post to questions@ when asking begginer questions.

Cheers
Marcin