svn commit: r39249 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq
Eitan Adler
eadler at FreeBSD.org
Sun Jul 22 22:19:40 UTC 2012
Author: eadler (src,ports committer)
Date: Sun Jul 22 22:19:39 2012
New Revision: 39249
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/39249
Log:
Modernize question about building your own kernel.
Approved by: wblock
Modified:
head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml
Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml
==============================================================================
--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml Sun Jul 22 22:19:37 2012 (r39248)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml Sun Jul 22 22:19:39 2012 (r39249)
@@ -1833,18 +1833,12 @@
</question>
<answer>
- <para>Building a new kernel was originally pretty much a
- required step in a &os; installation, but more recent releases
- have benefited from the introduction of much friendlier
- kernel configuration methods. It is very easy to configure
- the kernel's configuration by much more flexible
- <quote>hints</quote> which can be set at the loader
- prompt.</para>
-
- <para>It may still be worthwhile building a new kernel
- containing just the drivers that you need, just to save a
- bit of RAM, but it is no longer necessary for most
- systems.</para>
+ <para>Usually not. The supplied <literal>GENERIC</literal>
+ kernel contains the drivers an ordinary computer will
+ need. For computers with very limited RAM, such as
+ embedded systems, it may be worthwhile to build a
+ smaller custom kernel containing just the required
+ drivers.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
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