Hello, You can use this options : NO_MODULES= true # do not build modules with the kernel MODULES_WITH_WORLD=true # do not build modules when building kernel
in your /etc/make.conf, read /usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf for more options. Regards. On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 00:55:32 +0100, Ramiro Aceves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jorn Argelo wrote: > > On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 13:38:54 +0100, Ramiro Aceves wrote > > > >>Hello friends. > >> > >>I am a FreeBSD newbie, I am going to ask you a question that I have not > >>been able to solve reading the manual. I am using 5.3 release. I have > >>compiled a custom kernel in my old pentium 75 MHz machine to include > >>the driver for my sound card. I added the following lines to the kernel > >>config file > >> > >>device sound > >>device "snd_es137x" > >> > >>and compiled the kernel perfectly. (long time.... ;-) ) > >> > >>But there is something that I do not understand well. When I look at > >>the contents of /boot/kernel/ directory, I found that there are > >>kernel sound modules *.ko for every sound card the kernel supports. > >>Should not there be my sound card module alone? Does It mean that > >>you have to compile all the stuff, even if you are going to use only > >>one kind of sound card? Am I missing something? > > > > > > Your sound card has been build into the kernel itself (which is > > /boot/kernel/ > > kernel AFAIK). The *.ko are kernel modules, which you can load using the > > kldload command. So in case you get a new sound card, find out what driver > > it > > supports and you can use kldload <yourdriver>.ko to get support for your > > sound > > card without recompiling your kernel. > > > Yes, I understand now. The problem is that my old pentium machine takes > very long time to compile all the modules even if I am not going to use > them. I would like to compile only the modules I use, to reduce > compiling time. Is that possible? > > Thanks > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > Jorn > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > -- There's this old saying: "Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for life." _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
