Re: Building kernel.

From: Nikolas Britton (freebsd_at_nbritton.org)
Date: 02/21/04

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    Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2004 15:48:33 -0600
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    See LINT, /usr/src/sys/i386/conf

    DerAlSem 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.
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >

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