Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 11:29:11 -0700 From: "Crist J . Clark" <cjclark@reflexnet.net> To: moncrg@ma.ultranet.com, FreeBSD Questions <FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: /sys/i386/conf/MODULAR = /sys/i386/conf/GENERIC - /modules? Message-ID: <20001014112911.X25121@149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com> In-Reply-To: <39E8B0E9.A8B29DE9@ma.ultranet.com>; from moncrg@ma.ultranet.com on Sat, Oct 14, 2000 at 02:15:53PM -0500 References: <39E8B0E9.A8B29DE9@ma.ultranet.com>
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On Sat, Oct 14, 2000 at 02:15:53PM -0500, Gregory D. Moncreaff wrote: > given the kld/modules system > I was wondering why a Modular version of GENERIC > has not come into existance that would basically > consist of GENERIC minus anything available > in /sys/modules [see /boot/defaults/loader.conf]? > > presumanly GENERIC should then become STATIC > since everything is statically linked in? > > any thoughts? It would mean maintaining an extra kernel configuration. You would still need a kernel with "the works" directly compiled in for the install process. Or the install process would need to be completely redone to load modules. -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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