Re: Re[2]: Building kernel.

From: Mike Jeays (mj001_at_rogers.com)
Date: 02/21/04

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    Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2004 10:53:37 -0500
To: DerAlSem <DerAlSem@inbox.ru>

    On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 16:47:09 +0300
    DerAlSem <DerAlSem@inbox.ru> wrote:

    > Hello Mike,
    >
    > Saturday, February 21, 2004, 1:17:05 PM, you wrote:
    >
    > >> I have Pentium 200 MMX, 128 MB ram, FreeBSD 5.1. How long does it
    > >> take to recompile kernel? Last time i've waited about 5 hour, then
    > >> stopped the process...
    >
    > MM> If you're not upgrading, you can add this line in /etc/make.conf:
    >
    > MM> NO_MODULES=true
    >
    > MM> This will signifigantly reduce kernel compile time. As an alternative, you
    > MM> can use MODULES_OVERRIDE, where you can list the modules you need and then
    > MM> only those are built.
    >
    > MM> Example:
    >
    > MM> MODULES_OVERRIDE= vinum ntfs splash vesa
    >
    > MM> ...so on and so forth
    >
    > O, thanks, but now there are 2 more questions:
    > 1. I still do not know exact (approx) time of compiling kernel on
    > systems like mine.
    > 2. Where can i read about modules, their names and descriptions?
    >
    > P.S. I've already rebuilt my kernel w\o modules, but one of my prog
    > won't compile without some of this modules, so i need more information
    > `bout them.
    >
    >
    >
    > --
    > Best regards,
    > DerAlSem mailto:DerAlSem@inbox.ru
    >
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    I would expect a kernel compile on a machine like yours to take much less
    than 5 hours - more than 30 minutes would surprise me. 

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