Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 23:55:47 -0600 From: Warner Losh <imp@harmony.village.org> To: Jamie Norwood <mistwolf@mushhaven.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Kernel compilation Message-ID: <200106280555.f5S5tlU00128@harmony.village.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 15 Jun 2001 10:38:20 EDT." <20010615103820.A94093@mushhaven.net> References: <20010615103820.A94093@mushhaven.net>
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In message <20010615103820.A94093@mushhaven.net> Jamie Norwood writes: : Is there a way to get the kernel to NOT build every module under the sun? : I prefer my kernels to have in them just what I want them to, not what : something else decides should be there. Yet every kernel I build makes : modules for things like USB, Sound, NICs I don't have... This is annoying : because, for one thing, it slows down compiles immensely. Secondly, it : is, theoretically, possible that some of these things (USB, for example), : may actually exist, thus be installed, and if they have a security problem, : I would be vulnerable with smoething I didn't want in the first place! : : Any suggestions? Looks like I need to MFC MODULES_OVERRIDE from current to stable. In stable your only choice is NO_MODULES which turns them all off. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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