Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 18:51:52 +0200 From: Gerhard Sittig <Gerhard.Sittig@gmx.net> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Building code for non configured features (was: Releases) Message-ID: <20010410185152.X20830@speedy.gsinet> In-Reply-To: <20010409164348.H14079@pir.net>; from pir@pir.net on Mon, Apr 09, 2001 at 04:43:48PM -0400 References: <200104091859.UAA06664@flip.tenbit.pl> <01040916401600.22539@merlin> <20010409164348.H14079@pir.net>
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On Mon, Apr 09, 2001 at 16:43 -0400, Peter Radcliffe wrote:
>
> Jeff Love <jl@burghcom.com> probably said:
> >
> > Why was the kernel make compiling modules for devices I did
> > not set in my config?
>
> Modules are, by definition, not included in the kernel. They
> are loaded and added to the monolithic kernel.
>
> [ ... ] By default all modules are built, in case you want to
> use them.
That's where I love the Linux notion of configuring a feature as
either enabled, disabled, or modularized.
Did I miss some obvious reason for not completely disabling
functionality? Is the current choice of making features and
drivers either builtin or a module to not confuse users by the
possibility to disable too many of them? Is it since compiling
is cheap these days and opinions about "I don't need these" might
change over time?
Looking at the low end machines I have around here I sometimes
would like to completely disable some features and exclude them
from compilation and installation. And I'm absolutely positive
about some of them to never become necessary for this setup. :)
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