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Date:      Fri, 2 Feb 2001 11:33:51 -0600
From:      "Daryl Chance" <dchance@valuedata.net>
To:        "Matthew Emmerton" <matt@gsicomp.on.ca>, <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Moving to KLM's
Message-ID:  <001101c08d3e$4f855200$0200000a@mike>
References:  <003901c08b9d$107b0d40$0200000a@mike> <20010131233508.A70852@xor.obsecurity.org> <001b01c08c54$653b4ae0$0200000a@mike> <008201c08c94$739d48f0$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> <001501c08d32$9a2e9840$0200000a@mike> <00e401c08d3e$3dc6c760$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca>

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Thanks.  If i make this "MIN" config file, would anyone want
a copy?  Or should I send it to the list and have it looked over
and see about submitting it for commit?

thanks,
-
Daryl Chance       | And which parallel universe did
ValueData, LLC     | YOU crawl out of?
Memphis, TN        |      - http://www.thinkgeek.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Matthew Emmerton" <matt@gsicomp.on.ca>
To: "Daryl Chance" <dchance@valuedata.net>; <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Friday, February 02, 2001 11:33 AM
Subject: Re: Moving to KLM's


> > this isn't what i was asking....FWIW, my current kernel is 1.4M :P.
> >
> > What i'm wanting to know is what is the minimal kernel (meaning what
> > HAS to be there for it to boot) that can be compiled.  I want to try
using
> > the KLM feature for pretty much everything (if_dc, if_ed, ipfw, nfs, etc
> > etc),
> > mostly just so i can learn more about FBSD.
>
> Processor support (machine, cpu), options COMPAT_43, FFS, FFS_ROOT, bus
> devices (device isa, pci), some sort of drive subsystem (SCSI -> device
ahc,
> scbus, da or ATA -> device ata, atadisk, ata0) and system console support
> (device sc0, vga0) and keyboard support (device atkbdc0/atkbd0).  If you
> want serial console support, then you can swap out the keyboard stuff for
> serial support (device sio)
>
> That's about the minimal stuff you need.  You need bus, disk, filesystem
and
> user input/output support in the kernel before you can load KLDs.
>
> --
> Matt Emmerton
>
>



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