Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:00:44 -0500 From: Alex Goncharov <alex-goncharov@comcast.net> To: matt <sendtomatt@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, mav@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: 8 to 9: Kernel modularization -- did it change? Message-ID: <E1RyUv6-000J5e-0E@hans3> In-Reply-To: <4F3EAE5F.6070903@gmail.com> (message from matt on Fri, 17 Feb 2012 11:45:35 -0800) References: <CAOjFWZ6WM1bLEwaBiUE50Gj4MrwxefDWFb85ecRtYkSDuZ0erg@mail.gmail.com> <mailpost.1329495670.7246668.67851.mailing.freebsd.hackers@FreeBSD.cs.nctu.edu.tw> <4F3E8225.9030501@FreeBSD.org> <E1RyRKJ-000Ioa-Ec@hans3> <4F3E8C26.3080900@FreeBSD.org> <E1RyRq0-000Iqy-3l@hans3> <4F3EA5F2.9070804@gmail.com> <E1RyTZo-000J0R-0Y@hans3> <4F3EAE5F.6070903@gmail.com>
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,--- You/matt (Fri, 17 Feb 2012 11:45:35 -0800) ----* | Given that there's apparently little penalty for module vs. kernel, | I can see not including it by default in GENERIC. I do have a | laptop that won't make console tones unless snd_hda is NOT loaded, | which is odd, but never worth debugging. | | Thinking bigger picture (beyond sound), would it make sense to keep | GENERIC very minimal, but provide an extensive loader.conf with a | default install...so most things worked, but were loaded as modules? For me as a user, that would be a much preferable approach, instilled long ago by Linux. I don't like unused stuff around, and I like to understand what I am using. Some build kernel confutation parameters "minimum modules", "medium modules", "maximum modules" might be utilized. I would be using "medium" or most likely "maximum", leaving me with a minimal kernel. -- Alex -- alex-goncharov@comcast.net --
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