Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 12:50:45 -0700 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: Jamie Norwood <mistwolf@mushhaven.net> Cc: "Brandon D. Valentine" <bandix@looksharp.net>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Kernel compilation Message-ID: <200106151950.f5FJojT01060@mass.dis.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 15 Jun 2001 10:51:10 EDT." <20010615105110.A94222@mushhaven.net>
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> On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 10:46:04AM -0400, Brandon D. Valentine wrote:
> > Your logic is a little flawed. Those modules are simply built and
> > placed in /modules for future use. They are not by any means built into
> > the kernel and they don't slow the kernel down any. They also are not a
> > security hazard. If you don't insert the module, it is not running.
> > They don't insert themselves into the kernel.
>
> I find this to be untrue. For instance, my kernel config does not have
> entries for USB. Yet when the machine last booted, it very definately
> loaded USB drivers and probed those ports. (I can't quote dmesg due to
> stupid arp messages that there is nothing I can do about.)
This is because you've enabled usbd. Turn it off on /etc/rc.conf.
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