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SubjectNew make config options
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#DEFINE RANT 1

Ok, I may not know what I'm talking about, or it may not actually be a good
idea, but I had an ipifany about the configure scripts.

I spend most of my time in the configure script turning everything into a
module. (I play alot, and I like to have modules available to explore). There
should a button or something where it will turn everything that CAN be
compiled as a module, into kernel modules. Then you can de-select a few
things and compile the other few options that you need directly into the
kernel.

#IFDEF RANT
It would save me alot of time knowing that all those stupid NIC cards are
being compiled as modules when i'm not sure which one I have. I would rather
have all the modules available in case NIC breaks anyways. I change NICS
and i'm never sure what kind it is until it doesn't work and I need to
compile ANOTHER module. I know some of them are obscure cards, but with all
the options I can't really be sure if it's a card I might come across or not.
I'd rather be safe and have a meg or two of NIC modules around then have to
rebuild or compile a new modules when I find an exotic card.
#ENDIF

Modules aren't used used until they're needed anyways so It wouldn't cause
conflicts or a big size differnece in the kernel (in my understanding). For
us with fast machines(AMD XP1800+) it would just be an extra 5-7 minutes for
the other modules to compile.

Would anyone else be interested in this?
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Eric Bambach
Eric@CISU.net
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