Messages in this thread |  | | From | Eric <> | Subject | New make config options | Date | Mon, 26 May 2003 10:04:25 -0500 |
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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? ---------------------- Eric Bambach Eric@CISU.net ---------------------- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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