Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:26:38 +0100 From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> To: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Reducing the need to compile a custom kernel Message-ID: <20120211182638.00000abb@unknown> In-Reply-To: <CAJ-Vmom0W%2BywHnUkwoJbuWQ4hfe8-tJnOUBQgFPrqnUVKnyPRw@mail.gmail.com> References: <20120210145604.Horde.ewjpSpjmRSRPNSH0YRHxgAk@webmail.leidinger.net> <CAJ-Vmom0W%2BywHnUkwoJbuWQ4hfe8-tJnOUBQgFPrqnUVKnyPRw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:13:53 -0800 Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> wrote: > I've done this a few times. Me too, and others probably too, so let's end the waste of time and provide one officially. > The /boot/loader takes a _long_ time to suck in the 25 odd modules my > eeepc requires to load a completely modular kernel. It takes a _very > long_ time to suck these in over USB. I suggest to compile a monolithic kernel for your eeepc (or update to a FreeBSD which is able to load klds from rc.conf). > It's a great idea and I think we should start down this path in the > 10-CURRENT trajectory but those load times need to be tweaked if > possible. The result will be committed to -current first, it's just that the audience for this change is more likely to read this list than current@, hackers@ or arch@. Bye, Alexander. -- http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID = B0063FE7 http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild @ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID = 72077137
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