Building kernel.

[Nikolas Britton]

See LINT, /usr/src/sys/i386/conf


DerAlSem wrote:

>Hello Mike,
>
>Saturday, February 21, 2004, 1:17:05 PM, you wrote:
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>>>  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:
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>MM> NO_MODULES=true
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>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.
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>MM> Example:
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>MM> MODULES_OVERRIDE= vinum ntfs splash vesa
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>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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