Hi Doug Barton! On Sat, 27 Aug 2011 14:16:56 -0700; Doug Barton <do...@freebsd.org> wrote:
>>>>>> May be for fist step: w/o devd, simle remove all posible from GENERIC >>>>>> and include all removed >>>>>> drivers in /boot/loader.conf? >>>>> >>>>> You're better off using kld_list in rc.conf for anything that doesn't >>>>> absolutely have to be loaded with the kernel. >>>> >>>> What drivers in GENERIC don't need to boot from disk or network? >>>> sound only? >>> >>> man rc.conf, search for kld_list. >> >> Sorry for bad english. >> What drivers (from current GENERIC) don't need for network or disk >> boot and can be moved to kld_list? >> >> I see only sound and agp. > > I'm not going to do your homework for you. :) Try it and find out for > yourself. I will tell you that given that rc.d/kld runs right after the > disks are mounted means that (unless you are netbooting) you can put > just about everything that isn't directly related to mounting your disks > in kld_list. Beyond that, you just need to experiment on your own. No, you've misunderstood him. For the installation or simple boot you may need *all* network drivers and _all_ storage drivers (including USB) already on boot, you can't move them to kld_list as it is after initial boot. And most lines in GENERIC are exactly for storage and network cards. Also, as only GENERIC is updated by freebsd-update(8), you can't workaround such things for installation media but also need to keep in kernel/loader for production use, too. So what could be really axed from there? Just agp, PCMCIA, parallel ports, some of firewire drivers (not all - some needed for SCSI). The possible solution to this may be to have a MINIMAL kernel, also updated by freebsd-update(8), but that will double requirements for space in /boot... -- WBR, Vadim Goncharov. ICQ#166852181 mailto:vadim_nucli...@mail.ru [Anti-Greenpeace][Sober FreeBSD zealot][http://nuclight.livejournal.com] _______________________________________________ svn-src-head@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-head To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-head-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
