From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 21 16:35:25 2005 Return-Path: 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 A48C416A4CE for ; Fri, 21 Jan 2005 16:35:25 +0000 (GMT) Received: from t-x.dignus.nl (t-x.dignus.nl [83.219.88.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3487243D2F for ; Fri, 21 Jan 2005 16:35:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from colin@kenmore.kozy-kabin.nl) Received: from localhost (localhost.dignus.nl [127.0.0.1]) by t-x.dignus.nl (Safehouse) with ESMTP id 9E4B52863D; Fri, 21 Jan 2005 17:35:40 +0100 (CET) Received: from kenmore.kozy-kabin.nl (cjr-home [62.251.72.148]) by t-x.dignus.nl (Safehouse) with ESMTP id D9A2428944; Fri, 21 Jan 2005 15:58:01 +0100 (CET) Received: from kenmore.kozy-kabin.nl (localhost.kozy-kabin.nl [127.0.0.1]) by kenmore.kozy-kabin.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 151DA615A; Fri, 21 Jan 2005 15:57:45 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (colin@localhost)j0LEvZZU089574; Fri, 21 Jan 2005 15:57:40 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from colin@kenmore.kozy-kabin.nl) Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 15:57:35 +0100 From: "Colin J. Raven" To: Gardner Bell In-Reply-To: <20050121134217.GA77496@gardnerbell.ca> Message-ID: <20050121154625.A2927@kenmore.kozy-kabin.nl> References: <41EFA65E.80307@wanadoo.es> <20050120125840.M1382@wcborstel.nl> <41F044F4.9070706@wanadoo.es> <20050121134217.GA77496@gardnerbell.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Virus-Scanned: by RemSPAMd at ph230.plushosting.nl cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org cc: Ramiro Aceves Subject: Re: I do not understand kernel modules X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 16:35:25 -0000 On Jan 21 at 08:42, Gardner Bell wrote: > On Fri, Jan 21, 2005 at 12:55:32AM +0100 Ramiro Aceves wrote: >> Jorn Argelo wrote: >>> On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 13:38:54 +0100, Ramiro Aceves wrote >>> >> >> Yes, I understand now. The problem is that my old pentium machine takes >> very long time to compile all the modules even if I am not going to use >> them. I would like to compile only the modules I use, to reduce >> compiling time. Is that possible? >> > Refer to the option MODULES_OVERRIDE in man make.conf(5) if you wish > to only compile certain modules. Thanks for this! I'm approaching a critical "rite of passage" today conincidentally, by recompiling my kernel and getting rid of stuff I don't need. Doing what you suggest sounds eminently sensible, yet I have to ask a followup question... How do you specify a particular make.conf that should *only* be used for recompiling kernels? Regards & TIA, -Colin -- Colin J. Raven FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE - http://www.FreeBSD.org - There can be only One Fri Jan 21 15:57:00 CET 2005 3:57PM up 1 day, 4:47, 5 users, load averages: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00