Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2011 01:21:18 +0400 From: Slawa Olhovchenkov <slw@zxy.spb.ru> To: Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com> Cc: Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org>, John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>, Eric Masson <emss@free.fr>, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r225201 - in head/sys: amd64/conf i386/conf Message-ID: <20110827212118.GF21676@zxy.spb.ru> In-Reply-To: <CAGH67wSXSLx9fTmHHxJxX=gjROdTmsAnZkcL1e7XU2V7%2BzsJ=A@mail.gmail.com> References: <201108262122.p7QLMZXW071323@svn.freebsd.org> <4E583B92.3060100@FreeBSD.org> <20110827081103.GB21676@zxy.spb.ru> <86obzbi75n.fsf@srvbsdfenssv.interne.associated-bears.org> <20110827105342.GC21676@zxy.spb.ru> <4E58D8E8.3090603@FreeBSD.org> <20110827124432.GD21676@zxy.spb.ru> <4E595447.8000104@FreeBSD.org> <20110827210448.GE21676@zxy.spb.ru> <CAGH67wSXSLx9fTmHHxJxX=gjROdTmsAnZkcL1e7XU2V7%2BzsJ=A@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 02:09:36PM -0700, Garrett Cooper wrote: > >> > What drivers in GENERIC don't need to boot from disk or network? > >> > sound only? > >> > >> man rc.conf, search for kld_list. > > > > Sorry for bad english. > > What drivers (from current GENERIC) don't need for network or disk > > boot and can be moved to kld_list? > > > > I see only sound and agp. > > The answer varies based on your deployment mechanism and > requirements. For example: some modules like the kqemu, nvidia, > vboxdrv, etc, etc don't need to be loaded until later on in the boot > process. That being said, if I'm netbooting I don't need to load > storage drivers and the like until later on (unless I want to do some > sort of mountroot manipulation, need to have a working kernel dumpable > device at boot, etc). > -Garrett No-no-no. GENERIC placed on instalation CD/DVD and updated by freebsd-update. So GENERIC (and modules loaded in /boot/loader.conf from instalation image and in default install) must be enought to install in widest environment. If drivers moved from GENERIC to /boot/loader.conf it allow preserve wide range of installation environment and give light way to reduce count of loaded devices (by edit /boot/loader.conf).
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