Re: Configuration of current kernel

From: h p (regnans_at_gmail.com)
Date: 03/10/05

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    Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 19:30:09 +0100
To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org

    > Firstly, this really isn't the right list for these questions. You should
    > be sending them to freebsd-questions@freebsd.org instead.
    >
    > However, I'll do my best to help you out.

    You did great, thank you.

    [...]
    > When you compile a kernel, it's a bit different to Linux, in that EVERY
    > kernel module gets compiled and can (usually) be kldloaded later. This
    > means that the compile takes a bit longer but you often don't have to
    > recompile to add things like new sound cards or network cards.

    I see. That isn't documented in the handbook, is it? I like the
    concept, though. And the module loading seems to work flawlessly, in
    contrast to my experiences on Linux. I only had a couple of days with
    FreeBSD though. ;-)

    [...]
    > I'm aware that the above doesn't make a whole heap of sense, particularly
    > if you come from a Linux kernel background. I learned FreeBSD first, and I
    > think it will probably help if you can forget everything you think that
    > you know about compiling kernels.
    Sometimes I think nothing ever makes a lot of sense, it's all just
    conventions. You just have to be pointed to the right conventions...
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