> I cvsup'ed my 4.2-stable box and did the usual
> make buildworld
> make buildkernel KERNCONF=<KNAME>
> where KNAME is the name of theconfig file
> make installkernel KERNCONF=<KNAME>
> make installworld
>
> and then rebooted the box. A short while I modified my kernel config
> to remove sl and ppp. I then did a /usr/sbin/config <KNAME>
>
> This seems to recompile all the modules and the entire kernel even though
> I expected only a few things to be recompiled and the kernel relinked
A surprising number of things get recompiled when the slightest change is
made to a kernel configuration. I've often wondered myself why removing one
line (such as psuedo-device bpf) forces lots of stuff to be recompiled (like
the ahc driver).
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Matt Emmerton
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