Date: Sun, 6 May 2012 08:08:31 -0500 (CDT) From: Robert Bonomi <bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kernel configuration file Message-ID: <201205061308.q46D8Vcb065855@mail.r-bonomi.com> In-Reply-To: <BLU0-SMTP189BC6B2A2DABA00B00AA393120@phx.gbl>
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Carmel <carmel_ny@hotmail.com> wrote; > > In the "Generic kernel configuration file for FreeBSD/amd64", if I do > not have a floppy drive, is it safe to comment out this entry? > > # Floppy drives > device fdc Definitely, "yes". > > Are there any other entries that I could eliminate if I do not have a > floppy drive? device atapifd obviouly. :) > > Also, according the the "webcamd" documentation, I need to have this in > the loader.conf file. > > webcamd requires the cuse4bsd(3) kernel module. To load the driver as a > module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5): > > cuse4bsd_load="YES" > > Is there a way that I can simply compile it into the kernel? Would a: > > device cuse4bsd # Required by webcamd > > entry in the kernel file work? I cannot find any documentation on that. The simplest approach for this is 'try it and find out'. If you use the "traditional" kernel-huild 'Configure/make depend/make' sequence, to rebuild the kernel -only-, its a matter of one minute or so on a _slow_ (486-class) machine. you'll either get a Configure error, a linker error, or it 'just works'.
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