From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jun 11 10:35:13 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from sand4.global.net.uk (sand4.global.net.uk [194.126.80.248]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5174814EDF for ; Fri, 11 Jun 1999 10:34:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marko@globalnet.co.uk) Received: from p0bs11a06.client.global.net.uk ([195.147.219.12] helo=marder-1.) by sand4.global.net.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.12 #1) id 10sVCT-0000Gl-00; Fri, 11 Jun 1999 18:34:43 +0100 Received: (from marko@localhost) by marder-1. (8.9.2/8.8.8) id SAA00360; Fri, 11 Jun 1999 18:32:17 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from marko) Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 18:32:16 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: Arcady Genkin Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kernel recompilation question Message-ID: <19990611183216.C255@marder-1> References: <87u2sesqsm.fsf@main.wgaf.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: <87u2sesqsm.fsf@main.wgaf.net>; from Arcady Genkin on Fri, Jun 11, 1999 at 11:25:13AM -0400 Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Jun 11, 1999 at 11:25:13AM -0400, Arcady Genkin wrote: > Suppose I compile a kernel. Then I decide that I want, for example > change an IRQ for a networking card, or add a flag for a hard-disk > controller. > You can change such things at boot-time by doing ``boot -c'', and changing the settings. They will be saved and used at future boots. Note, if you're running 3.1 then check out the errata at www.freebsd.org, there's a bug which means it saves to the wrong file. The errata explains how to fix it (dead easy). This *may* also apply to 3.0 as well, I'm not sure. 2.2.x is OK. > The question is -- should I still do the "configure" and "make depend" > steps or can I go straight to "make", provided no options and/or > devices have been added? > > This is important for me b/c it takes 4 hours overall to compile a > kernel on my 486, so if I can save 30 min for skipping "make depend", > that would make me a bit happier. > > Thanks! > -- > Arcady Genkin > "... without money one gets nothing in this world, not even a certificate > of eternal blessedness in the other world..." (S. Kierkegaard) > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~markov _______________________________________________________________ Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath UK CAD/CAM solutions for Sheetmetal Working Industry mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message