On Dec 6, 2012, at 1:28 AM, Garrett Cooper <yanegomi_at_gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 3:51 PM, Damien Fleuriot <ml_at_my.gd> wrote: > > ... > >> All trolling aside, I believe an awesome fix to be setting module override in /etc/make.conf to only build the 4-5 specific modules one needs. >> >> To be honest I think this configuration tweak should be advertised a bit more as it definitely speeds up kernel builds. >> >> I would be happy to check if this is advertised in the handbook in the "rebuilding kernel" section and enhance its visibility if required. >> >> I can provide en_US and fr_FR. > > +1. Please write it up if you can; it's much quicker/better than the > kitchen sink approach if you know what you're doing and don't have to > build for a large set of platforms. > Thanks! > -Garrett I've had a look at the handbook and the MODULES_OVERRIDE bit is already well written and definitely visible: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig-building.html I believe no rewrite is necessary. However, I fail to see any mention of nextboot. It might be a good idea to let people know they can boot their new kernel just once to see if it works, and revert to their old kernel if boot should fail.Received on Mon Dec 10 2012 - 10:24:26 UTC
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