Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 12:21:46 +0200 From: Maxime Henrion <mux@qualys.com> To: arch@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Building only a specified list of kernel modules Message-ID: <20010325122146.G777@nebula.cybercable.fr> In-Reply-To: <20010325131508.B472@ringworld.oblivion.bg>; from roam@orbitel.bg on Sun, Mar 25, 2001 at 01:15:08PM %2B0300 References: <20010324211140.C4304@ringworld.oblivion.bg> <20010324205005.D777@nebula.cybercable.fr> <20010325101657.A36335@ringworld.oblivion.bg> <20010325120046.F777@nebula.cybercable.fr> <20010325131508.B472@ringworld.oblivion.bg>
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Peter Pentchev wrote: > On Sun, Mar 25, 2001 at 12:00:46PM +0200, Maxime Henrion wrote: > > Peter Pentchev wrote: > > > Yeah, blame it all on newfangled means of communication :P > > > > > > With all due respect, I think my patch would work better in the case > > > when one wants to disable all modules except for a select few; yours > > > would include a whole lot of NO_KMOD_*, which, given the sheer number > > > of buildable modules (which is a good thing), would sum up to more than > > > half of /etc/make.conf ;) > > > > > > G'luck, > > > Peter > > > > My point is that more often we want to disable some modules and not > > specify a list of modules which would be scary for beginners and would > > lead to errors. > > I wonder if the two could be combined... First set SUBDIR's to values > determined from MODULES_LIST's, and then do a for loop through the final > SUBDIR value, checking for a NO_KMOD_xxx.. But maybe that would be too > complicated an interface for something that is going away soon, if committed > at all :( Yup, that sounds like overkill :-) Maxime -- Don't be fooled by cheap finnish imitations ; BSD is the One True Code Key fingerprint = F9B6 1D5A 4963 331C 88FC CA6A AB50 1EF2 8CBE 99D6 Public Key : http://www.epita.fr/~henrio_m/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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