Date: 05 Jan 2002 13:17:05 -0500 From: Joe Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: Joe & Fhe Barbish <barbish@a1poweruser.com> Cc: FBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: removeing sound card from kernel binary Message-ID: <1010254625.25865.16.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <LPBBIGIAAKKEOEJOLEGOMEGJCLAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com> References: <LPBBIGIAAKKEOEJOLEGOMEGJCLAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com>
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On Sat, 2002-01-05 at 13:14, Joe & Fhe Barbish wrote: > Let me see if I understand you correctly. > > Since all the hardware and software componets like IPFW, nated, > user ppp and the like that I use is defined in the kernel source > that I have recompiled, I really have no need for any of the > load on demand modules that the normal compile includes for > me by default. > > If I issue make depend && make NO_MODULES=YES && make install > The compile will take less time and the resulting binary will be > smaller in size and have no ill effects on my current environment. The build will be quicker, yes, but the "binary"....if you mean the kernel binary, no, its size will be unchanged. However, all the smaller *.ko binaries will not be rebuilt. This is normally fine if you're just changing the kernel, and recompiling it. However, if you do a cvsup upgrade, then you really should rebuild all kernel modules to keep them in sync with the reset of the OS. Joe > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joe Clarke [mailto:marcus@marcuscom.com] > Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2002 12:46 PM > To: Joe & Fhe Barbish > Cc: nils@tisys.org; Scott Mitchell; FBSD Questions > Subject: RE: removeing sound card from kernel binary > > On Sat, 2002-01-05 at 12:31, Joe & Fhe Barbish wrote: > > I have all ready removed the sound card statements from > > the kernel source and recompiled. But during compiles for > > other thinks I see a lot of statements roll by for sound card > > support during make and make install processing. > > I though maybe there was some way to un-bundle load module > > support for sound cards. > > > > Or let me ask this a different way. > > > > What is the sound card statements I see roll by during > > make & make install referring too? > > Chances are they are the various snd_* modules that appear in /modules. > Even if you don't have any sound support in your kernel, unless you do: > > make NO_MODULES=YES > > when building your kernel, klds will be built, which include all the > sound drivers. I don't think you can just not build the sound support > modules unless you hack the Makefiles. > > Joe > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Scott Mitchell > > Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2002 11:48 AM > > To: Joe & Fhe Barbish > > Cc: FBSD Questions > > Subject: Re: removeing sound card from kernel binary > > > > On Sat, Jan 05, 2002 at 11:24:30AM -0500, Joe & Fhe Barbish wrote: > > > I am building a stand-a-lone firewall box. > > > I have no need for sound card support. > > > > > > Is there a way to remove from the kernel to > > > make the kernel binary smaller? > > > > Build a custom kernel without any audio drivers in it? The GENERIC kernel > > config doesn't include any audio stuff anyway, so the customisation should > > be trivial :-) > > > > That said, there's probably a lot of other cruft you can strip out of > > GENERIC for this box, and you might want to have the firewall code > compiled > > in rather than loaded from modules, so building a custom kernel is a good > > idea anyways. > > > > Scott > > > > -- > > > =========================================================================== > > Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID | "Eagles may soar, but weasels > > Cambridge, England | 0x54B171B9 | don't get sucked into jet engines" > > scott.mitchell@mail.com | 0xAA775B8B | -- Anon > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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