[ kernel modules ] On Fri, Mar 26, 2004 at 11:03:49AM -0800, Joshua Lokken wrote: > * Matthew Seaman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-26 10:56]:
> > What you don't compile into your kernel (by eg. 'options NFSCLIENT')
> > will generally be compiled as a loadable module instead -- here
> > nfsclient.ko
> I've wondered about this -- is that the significance of the
>
> NO_MODULES parameter in make.conf? IOW, if one was to specify
> no_modules, would that build only the kernel modules that were
> specified in the conf?
If you put NO_MODULES=true into /etc/make.conf, then you'll only get
the kernel build. You won't get any extra loadable modules.
Other than that, you can specify a list of modules to build if you
don't want all of them:
MODULES_OVERRIDE= linux ipfw
Not sure what happens if you configure those options in the kernel
config, and also add them to the 'MODULES_OVERRIDE' list.
There's also 'MODULES_WITH_WORLD=true' which separates building kernel
modules from building the rest of the kernel. This is solely for
backwards compatability -- I can't think of any good reason to use
this option otherwise.
Cheers,
Matthew
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