Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: modules

[Steve Herber <herber@thing.com>]

On Fri, 4 Nov 2005, Duncan wrote:

> DR GM SEDDON posted <436B56B2.10106@manchester.ac.uk>, excerpted below,
> on Fri, 04 Nov 2005 12:40:18 +0000:
>
>> Hi,
>> I was wondering.  What modules do I need installed at boot?
>
> Other than that, I learned what I needed pretty much by going thru
> the entire kernel config and turning on what I KNEW I needed, then
> using trial and error on everything else, trying without it to see if
> everything still worked and didn't complain, going back and turning it
> back on if I found I needed it....

This is why I miss RedHat.  I don't want to spend my time customizing
a kernel then spending more time with trial and error getting just the
kernel I need.  RedHat has a system in place that installs a minimal
kernal and then loads almost everything else as modules.  Genkernel almost
does what I want but it is always a struggle.  The base system always
loads all the different disk drivers and does not unload the unused ones.
Is anyone working on a more RedHat like kernel/modules/runtime loading
system?  It would eliminate the problem the original poster had and save
lots of time for the rest of us.

Thanks,

Steve Herber	herber@thing.com		work: 206-221-7262
Security Engineer, UW Medicine, IT Services	home: 425-454-2399
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