Re: compiling the kernel faster

From: Marcin Jessa (lists_at_yazzy.org)
Date: 10/27/05

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To: kamal kc <kamal_ckk@yahoo.com>

    On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 04:54:10 -0700 (PDT)
    kamal kc <kamal_ckk@yahoo.com> wrote:

    > hello everybody,
    >
    > i am new to kernel programming.
    > i am developing a compression/decompression
    > functionality in the ip layer.
    >
    > i want to compile the kernel faster.
    >
    > it would
    > be ok if the kernel doesn't have support for sound
    > devices, or other devices like scsi,usb etc. because
    > i would be using the compiled kernel for
    > network data compression only.
    >
    > how could i do that. which source files and where in
    > the makefiles do i make modifications ????
    >
    > thanks for any suggestions

    Read the handbook -
    http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig.html

    Next time remember to post to questions@ when asking begginer questions.

    Cheers
    Marcin
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