Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2010 18:09:00 -0800 From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> To: Colin Percival <cperciva@freebsd.org> Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r216746 - head/sys/conf Message-ID: <20101228020900.GA81611@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <4D194551.7000004@freebsd.org> References: <201012272352.oBRNqeEb040247@svn.freebsd.org> <20101228015905.GA81514@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <4D194551.7000004@freebsd.org>
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On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 06:02:57PM -0800, Colin Percival wrote: > On 12/27/10 17:59, Steve Kargl wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 11:52:40PM +0000, Colin Percival wrote: > >> Make it possible to specify WITHOUT_MODULES in a kernel config file. > > > > Can you explain how this differs from > > makeoptions NO_MODULES > > which has been able to do for years? > > NO_MODULES means what it says: No modules. > > WITHOUT_MODULES="foo bar baz" means "go ahead and build modules except for foo, > bar, and baz". > Thanks. The distincion wasn't clear from the commit log. I read it as "Build a kernel WITHOUT building MODULES", which is what NO_MODULES does. -- Steve
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