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From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To: "Andrey V. Elsukov" <bu7cher@yandex.ru>
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Subject: Re: kern/96346: [PATCH] disable build of modules that are already
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On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 08:10:21AM +0000, Andrey V. Elsukov wrote:
> The following reply was made to PR kern/96346; it has been noted by GNATS.
> 
> From: "Andrey V. Elsukov" <bu7cher@yandex.ru>
> To: Robert Millan <rmh@aybabtu.com>
> Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
> Subject: Re: kern/96346: [PATCH] disable build of modules that are already
>  in	kernel image
> Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 12:08:23 +0400
> 
>  Robert Millan wrote:
>  > I don't understand.  Does -DNO_MODULES disable all modules, or just those that
>  > are already built in kernel?
>  
>  No, NO_MODULES is a make option, that can made a kernel build much 
>  faster. And command `make buildkernel reinstallkernel -DNO_MODULES 
>  KERNCONF=SOMEKERNEL' can be used for the fast kernel reinstallation.
>  You can remove some options from kernel and rebuild and reinstall it 
>  without building modules. With your patch you will lost some modules in 
>  this case.
>  But i think that your option WITHOUT_MODULES can be usable for build of 
>  some smallest systems based on FreeBSD.

There is also "MODULES_OVERRIDE" which is a list of modules to build
with your kernel.

Kris