Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 19:30:09 +0100 From: h p <regnans@gmail.com> To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Configuration of current kernel Message-ID: <68b3483d05031010306eb8359d@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0503102243240.12051@mussel.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au> References: <68b3483d050310012555c067f@mail.gmail.com> <Pine.LNX.4.58.0503102243240.12051@mussel.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au>
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> Firstly, this really isn't the right list for these questions. You should > be sending them to freebsd-questions@freebsd.org instead. > > However, I'll do my best to help you out. You did great, thank you. [...] > When you compile a kernel, it's a bit different to Linux, in that EVERY > kernel module gets compiled and can (usually) be kldloaded later. This > means that the compile takes a bit longer but you often don't have to > recompile to add things like new sound cards or network cards. I see. That isn't documented in the handbook, is it? I like the concept, though. And the module loading seems to work flawlessly, in contrast to my experiences on Linux. I only had a couple of days with FreeBSD though. ;-) [...] > I'm aware that the above doesn't make a whole heap of sense, particularly > if you come from a Linux kernel background. I learned FreeBSD first, and I > think it will probably help if you can forget everything you think that > you know about compiling kernels. Sometimes I think nothing ever makes a lot of sense, it's all just conventions. You just have to be pointed to the right conventions...
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