Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2004 16:01:10 -0600 (MDT) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: jhamby@anobject.com Cc: freebsd-config@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "Next Generation" kernel configuration? Message-ID: <20040724.160110.127665912.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <4101DC69.9030309@anobject.com> References: <XFMail.20040722064921.conrads@cox.net> <4101DC69.9030309@anobject.com>
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Jake Hamby <jhamby@anobject.com> writes:
: Conrad J. Sabatier wrote:
: > On 21-Jul-2004 Devon H. O'Dell wrote:
: >
: >
: >>I'm sure this will become another bikeshed, so I suggest whoever came
: >>up with the idea to put up or shut up. People are interested in
: >>solutions, not suggestions.
: >
: >
: > Agreed. And the original proponent of the idea was me. I just wanted
: > to see if there was any willingness to even consider something like
: > this before I went and did a lot of work for nothing.
: >
: > Seems the general concensus is that most people are OK with the idea,
: > depending on the implementation.
: >
: > I'll be quiet now until/unless I can actually come up with something.
: > :-)
:
: If you are looking to improve the current build process, here's an idea
: someone could implement that would save a lot of people a lot of time...
:
: My biggest annoyance with building the kernel, compared to Linux, is
: that it insists on building all of the possible kernel modules, even
: though I only want to build the ones that make sense for my hardware.
: In Linux, despite the drawbacks of the menu-based config, it is nice
: being able to easily specify Yes, Module, or No for most options.
:
: The least intrusive approach would probably be to add a second config
: file (e.g. "MYKERNEL.modules") which would contain only the names of the
: modules to build in some make-friendly format. You could then modify
: config(8) to automatically copy this file, if it exists, to the object
: directory where it would be included by the appropriate Makefile. If no
: .modules file exists, then it would continue the current behavior of
: building all possible modules.
What's wrong with adding:
makeoptions MODULES_OVERRIDE="a b c"
to your config file? It is already supported.
Warner
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