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Date:      Thu, 12 Jul 2001 08:29:22 +0930
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Christoph Sold <so@server.i-clue.de>
Cc:        Kelvin Ng Chee Hoong <nchee_hoong@pacific.net.sg>, "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Recompile FreeBSD kernel
Message-ID:  <20010712082922.A44331@wantadilla.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <3B4C45CD.E8171322@i-clue.de>; from so@server.i-clue.de on Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 02:25:49PM %2B0200
References:  <3B4BD705.16A4D2BF@pacific.net.sg> <3B4C45CD.E8171322@i-clue.de>

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On Wednesday, 11 July 2001 at 14:25:49 +0200, Christoph Sold wrote:
>
> Kelvin Ng Chee Hoong schrieb:
>>
>> Hi ;
>>    I would like to add an  additional options into FBSD kernel . Can I
>> add addtional options into the kernel without recompile ? Please
>> advise
>
> Do you like to add an addition kernel option in the kernel source code,
> or do you want to activate a kernel option not in the GENERIC kernel?
>
> Anyway, in both cases a recompile is neccessary. The only exception
> from that rule is kernel loadable modules like filesystems.

That's a big exception.  In fact, you can add a large amount of
functionality without recompiling.

Greg
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