Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:51:59 +0100 From: Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net> To: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> Cc: "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net>, stable@FreeBSD.org, current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [CFT] modular kernel config Message-ID: <20120223085159.GU14469@e-new.0x20.net> In-Reply-To: <20120223091808.Horde.iJJvNZjmRSRPRfZAlqnPsrA@webmail.leidinger.net> References: <20120221143537.Horde.deyFDZjmRSRPQ52pxBIpnLA@webmail.leidinger.net> <BA7FFA2D-DEE6-4FB7-AE26-0BC79CBFD8C0@lists.zabbadoz.net> <20120223091808.Horde.iJJvNZjmRSRPRfZAlqnPsrA@webmail.leidinger.net>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 09:18:08AM +0100, Alexander Leidinger wrote: > Quoting "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net> (from Wed, > 22 Feb 2012 22:31:36 +0000): > > > On 21. Feb 2012, at 13:35 , Alexander Leidinger wrote: > > > >> You can download from > >> http://www.Leidinger.net/FreeBSD/current-patches/ > >> The files are > >> - i386_SMALL > >> - i386_SMALL_loader.conf > >> - amd64_SMALL > >> - amd64_SMALL_loader.conf > > > > I only looked at the laoder.conf for amd64 and the only comment I > > have is that I do not have the time to wait minutes for all > > individual modules to be loaded. This is going to be really bad for > > boot time. > > Well, nobody forces you to use it. And as can be seen on the lists, > there are patches floating around to improve the loading speed of the > loader. You can also put most of the modules in rc.conf: kld_list="umass u3g" ... That speeds up loading the modules a lot. > > This is also just an example to be on par as much as possible with > GENERIC. People which want to use this kernel most probably want to > cut the loader.conf down and maybe even want to use the rc.conf > setting to load modules which are not needed to boot. One additional advantage is that you have a bigger chance of a working suspend / resume. Just unload all problematic modules before suspending and re-load them after resuming. [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.18 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk9F/i8ACgkQKc512sD3afhlRQCgtWN7Du1OYN0UqzTC0dpbqewM C2wAoJ+/4e5PES5mAG0G/SjpMxRlMmpm =x9fI -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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