From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 6 13:58:10 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4EE07106566B for ; Sun, 6 May 2012 13:58:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lobo@bsd.com.br) Received: from mail-vb0-f54.google.com (mail-vb0-f54.google.com [209.85.212.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E95FE8FC0C for ; Sun, 6 May 2012 13:58:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vbmv11 with SMTP id v11so3869985vbm.13 for ; Sun, 06 May 2012 06:58:09 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=from:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to :x-kmail-markup:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :message-id:x-gm-message-state; bh=P1VHkfwW1b8EFU80S4XC22tmPLSj8CSnKCYLl1RLVWA=; b=ZRPI7TZ4mHw+JUd8KMuuP31E7DuDiEPjCSNo/iekHZEpF02nPfZk+iTf7aKXUcD0cd xhlQTTNPYbU/lmE7eDMIJZdkjkbasyncHVoOFQroIJLpIhZrXPJuNijJcmBgiaUyHuFS fIv9zVFe/V5fLJJwXpjaqybBG+MOu82VbqLc800sefR3vwOoT0nJwNOA9+MghjcGf9M6 LL7pOHuaUNAg5dGr4TcMkcBLM9LrUQj3E6iKIVBCWPfAf/fiqhqwH14z4rd05wyc2ly8 38IbM8fzR0CEtm1rEFqZL3lBA2HcwwjUwzDuR0znzUKofYjnyd8px4RaKDL9DF8Gm7Or fRuQ== Received: by 10.220.180.199 with SMTP id bv7mr8027122vcb.7.1336312689085; Sun, 06 May 2012 06:58:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from papi.localnet ([187.113.65.83]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id q17sm20789936vdg.20.2012.05.06.06.58.07 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 06 May 2012 06:58:08 -0700 (PDT) From: Mario Lobo To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 6 May 2012 10:58:26 -0300 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.7 (FreeBSD/8.2-STABLE; KDE/4.7.4; amd64; ; ) References: <201205061308.q46D8Vcb065855@mail.r-bonomi.com> In-Reply-To: X-KMail-Markup: true MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <201205061058.27020.lobo@bsd.com.br> X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQkKQyewVIvv2XMtlS/yyTPKQ+Wnq+MRMTZcdsdyDhB16E054Re+eY54k+rl+14BCXyddiL9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: kernel configuration file X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 06 May 2012 13:58:10 -0000 On Sunday 06 May 2012 10:34:12 Carmel wrote: > On Sun, 6 May 2012 08:08:31 -0500 (CDT) > > Robert Bonomi articulated: > >Carmel 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. :) > > Thanks, I had not noticed that one. > > >> 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'. > > OK, now you lost me. I use the following basic sequence: > > make buildworld > make buildkernel KERNCONF=CARMEL > make installkernel KERNCONF=CARMEL > make installworld > > I am sorry, but I am not fully comprehending what commands you want me > to enter. Carmel; You don't need to build the whole world if you only need a kernel rebuild. just edit your kernel file and issue: cd /usr/src make kernel KERNCONF=CARMEL the 2nd line builds AND installs the new kernel. -- Mario Lobo http://www.mallavoodoo.com.br FreeBSD since 2.2.8 [not Pro-Audio.... YET!!] (99% winblows FREE)