I do not understand kernel modules

Colin J. Raven colin at kenmore.kozy-kabin.nl
Fri Jan 21 08:35:25 PST 2005


On Jan 21 at 08:42, Gardner Bell wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 21, 2005 at 12:55:32AM +0100 Ramiro Aceves wrote:
>> Jorn Argelo wrote:
>>> On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 13:38:54 +0100, Ramiro Aceves wrote
>>>
>>
>> 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?
>>
> Refer to the option MODULES_OVERRIDE in man make.conf(5) if you wish
> to only compile certain modules.

Thanks for this! I'm approaching a critical  "rite of passage" today 
conincidentally, by recompiling my kernel and getting rid of stuff I 
don't need.
Doing what you suggest sounds eminently sensible, yet I have to ask a 
followup question...

How do you specify a particular make.conf that should *only* be used for 
recompiling kernels?

Regards & TIA,
-Colin
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Colin J. Raven
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