From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jun 15 11:18:18 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A83CB155EC for ; Tue, 15 Jun 1999 11:18:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA27824; Tue, 15 Jun 1999 11:18:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 11:18:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Arcady Genkin Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kernel recompilation question In-Reply-To: <874skehx88.fsf@main.wgaf.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 12 Jun 1999, Arcady Genkin wrote: > Doug White writes: > > Doug, thanks for replying. > > > As suggested previously, use boot -c. > > I think I've disabled this option in my kernel. Dooh! Then use GENERIC or recompile your kernel. > > For future reference, however, if you make changes the kernel config file > > you _must_ run 'config' to affect these changes the the kernel build > > directory. > > OK. How about "make depend"? Do I have to run this command if I didn't > add any new options/devices, but only changed some IRQ's and/or flags? Yes, you must run 'make depend'! You can try it without, but don't blame me if the compile fails for wierd reasons. > > > This is important for me b/c it takes 4 hours overall to compile a > > > kernel on my 486, so if I can save 30 min for skipping "make depend", > > > that would make me a bit happier. > > > > 4 hours?!? Just what are you building? On our 486/25sx it takes ~45 > > minutes. It's a decently pruned kernel, though. > > I've removed pretty much everything from it, exept for IDE HD, fd, and > ne cards. Even the com ports. Well, if not 4 hours, but over 3 for > sure (including make depend && make). Is the turbo button pushed in? I can understand 4h on a 386/16SX but not a 486. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message