Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 23:00:50 GMT From: Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/76225: WITHOUT_MODULES option for sys/modules/Makefile Message-ID: <200501132300.j0DN0oco039712@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR kern/76225; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> To: David Yeske <dyeske@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/76225: WITHOUT_MODULES option for sys/modules/Makefile Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 22:57:47 +0000 On Thu, Jan 13, 2005 at 10:46:05PM +0000, David Yeske wrote: > WITHOUT_MODULES is a list that can be set in /etc/make.conf or > per build so that the directorys in that list will be removed from the > list of directorys to build. This vastly speeds up kernel compile time > by allowing the user to specify to not build certain modules. It is > also useful to cherry pick a certain module and not build it similar to > the NO_PF and NO_IPFILTER options. The NO_PF and NO_IPFILTER options > could in theory be removed and set via WITHOUT_MODULES= pf ipfilter NO_PF and NO_IPFILTER are not quite the same, as they also prevent the userland components (pfctl, ipf, etc.) from being built. Ceri
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