Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 12:40:41 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Khelbin Sunvold <khelbin@ntplx.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BSD newbie installer...almost ready Message-ID: <19970910124041.51246@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.96.970909224606.12016C-100000@sea.ntplx.net>; from Khelbin Sunvold on Tue, Sep 09, 1997 at 10:54:24PM -0400 References: <19970910095536.34451@lemis.com> <Pine.SUN.3.96.970909224606.12016C-100000@sea.ntplx.net>
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On Tue, Sep 09, 1997 at 10:54:24PM -0400, Khelbin Sunvold wrote: > > On Wed, 10 Sep 1997, Greg Lehey wrote: > >>> a) If I find a conflict...what do I do..remove the conflicting >>> driver/whatever? >> >> You mean conflicts in UserConfig? Mainly, you can ignore them. >> They're only a problem if they're backed by real hardware. >> >>> b) Is it best to remove the drivers etc which don't appear relevant? >> >> No. >> >>> What if I just leave them? >> >> They'll look for the hardware, not find it, and give up. > > If you leave drivers you don't need isn't the following true: > > A) The kernel will be larger than necessary Yes. > B) It will take longer to boot the machine Yes. > C) If they are backed by real hardware you can have problems Yes. > D) ep0 may have been buggy and didn't like anything else at I/O > 0x300??? Yes, there were problems of that nature. > If so, why leave drivers in that have conflicts when you don't need > them unless you are just lazy? No reason. But I'm lazy too. If you take the time it takes to build a new kernel, which involves you too, it will make up for a lot of slightly longer boot times. And it will take up *much* more space than the few kilobytes of excess drivers. > If you get a new piece of hardware you can just run > /stand/sysinstall... right? or wrong? Sorry, this one's wrong. You need to build a new kernel. Greg
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