Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 09:49:07 -0500 From: "Matthew Emmerton" <matt@gsicomp.on.ca> To: "Yusuf Goolamabbas" <yusufg@outblaze.com>, <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Switching from buildkernel to config seems to recompile the entire kernel Message-ID: <003001c09b4c$48226f90$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> References: <20010220043310.28054.qmail@yusufg.portal2.com>
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> I cvsup'ed my 4.2-stable box and did the usual > make buildworld > make buildkernel KERNCONF=<KNAME> > where KNAME is the name of theconfig file > make installkernel KERNCONF=<KNAME> > make installworld > > and then rebooted the box. A short while I modified my kernel config > to remove sl and ppp. I then did a /usr/sbin/config <KNAME> > > This seems to recompile all the modules and the entire kernel even though > I expected only a few things to be recompiled and the kernel relinked A surprising number of things get recompiled when the slightest change is made to a kernel configuration. I've often wondered myself why removing one line (such as psuedo-device bpf) forces lots of stuff to be recompiled (like the ahc driver). -- Matt Emmerton To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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