From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 25 16:31:38 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D4B11065674 for ; Fri, 25 Nov 2011 16:31:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brett@lariat.net) Received: from lariat.net (lariat.net [66.62.230.51]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C0718FC16 for ; Fri, 25 Nov 2011 16:31:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from WildRover.lariat.net (IDENT:ppp1000.lariat.net@lariat.net [66.119.58.2] (may be forged)) by lariat.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id JAA18736; Fri, 25 Nov 2011 09:19:12 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <201111251619.JAA18736@lariat.net> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.1.0.9 Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2011 01:10:38 -0700 To: "Terrence Koeman" , "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org" From: Brett Glass In-Reply-To: <2a449d3a0a37ab479c97962b436bb95c@mediamonks.net> References: <201111241439.HAA07258@lariat.net> <2a449d3a0a37ab479c97962b436bb95c@mediamonks.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Cc: Subject: RE: Quick build of stripped-down kernel 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: Fri, 25 Nov 2011 16:31:38 -0000 At 10:39 AM 11/24/2011, Terrence Koeman wrote: >Add > >makeoptions NO_MODULES=yes > >to your KERNCONF. Thank you (and thanks also to the other folks who responded in private e-mail). It also has a second advantage: besides disabling generation of the .ko files, it also suppresses compilation of drivers that are not going to be linked statically into the kernel. Build on an older Pentium II server took about 10-12% of the time! Worth knowing about. --Brett Glass