From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 11 17:26:54 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BDE0F1065670; Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:26:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alexander@leidinger.net) Received: from mail.ebusiness-leidinger.de (mail.ebusiness-leidinger.de [217.11.53.44]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71A6C8FC14; Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:26:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from outgoing.leidinger.net (p5796CAB9.dip.t-dialin.net [87.150.202.185]) by mail.ebusiness-leidinger.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id BF49D844007; Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:26:41 +0100 (CET) Received: from unknown (IO.Leidinger.net [192.168.1.12]) by outgoing.leidinger.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id F419E2D6C; Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:26:38 +0100 (CET) Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:26:38 +0100 From: Alexander Leidinger To: Adrian Chadd Message-ID: <20120211182638.00000abb@unknown> In-Reply-To: References: <20120210145604.Horde.ewjpSpjmRSRPNSH0YRHxgAk@webmail.leidinger.net> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.10cvs42 (GTK+ 2.16.6; i586-pc-mingw32msvc) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-EBL-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-EBL-MailScanner-ID: BF49D844007.A0508 X-EBL-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-EBL-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, spamhaus-ZEN, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-1.223, required 6, autolearn=disabled, ALL_TRUSTED -1.00, AWL -0.21, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD -0.01) X-EBL-MailScanner-From: alexander@leidinger.net X-EBL-MailScanner-Watermark: 1329586002.17619@XoeNij12Cb6uTCKeu+9dRA X-EBL-Spam-Status: No Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Reducing the need to compile a custom kernel X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:26:54 -0000 On Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:13:53 -0800 Adrian Chadd 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