From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1HnhP1-0002br-UA for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 14 May 2007 20:44:20 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l4EKh2Re027251; Mon, 14 May 2007 20:43:02 GMT Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l4EKc4G1021372 for ; Mon, 14 May 2007 20:38:04 GMT Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 14 May 2007 20:38:04 -0000 Received: from e176227023.adsl.alicedsl.de (EHLO brmbr.moo) [85.176.227.23] by mail.gmx.net (mp050) with SMTP; 14 May 2007 22:38:04 +0200 X-Authenticated: #14782887 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1/UF6Uye1nUxxSd2e0VlnpGY7Q4jyjxgtSzdi757D kOqqupOr8rm1R2 Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 00:37:57 +0200 From: "Aleksandar L. Dimitrov" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Managing my kernel Message-ID: <20070515003757.2d8a5999@brmbr.moo> In-Reply-To: <200705141809.37504.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de> References: <49bf44f10705140848n41d13c0cy5225964032ecb480@mail.gmail.com> <200705141809.37504.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de> Organization: SfS =?UTF-8?B?VW5pdmVyc2l0w6R0IFTDvGJpbmdlbg==?= X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.9.2 (GTK+ 2.10.12; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-Archives-Salt: 58081077-7c7c-4bdd-90df-ad71921e0c7d X-Archives-Hash: e1594217797fddce00eeebeb8f0fc966 On Mon, 14 May 2007 18:09:37 +0200 "Hemmann, Volker Armin" wrote: > On Montag, 14. Mai 2007, Grant wrote: > > I've been puzzling a bit lately over the best way to manage my > > kernel. I've always tried to keep it as minimal as possible, and I > > only enable things as I need them. I also don't build modules from > > the kernel at all. > > > > Is there a better way to go? I'm starting to think it might be > > better to build every single module and let the system load them as > > it needs them. > > > > - Grant > > well, from my point of view: > > everything needed for booting: in kernel > everything needed all the time: in kernel > everything that needs a good kicking once in a while (usb, sound): > modules everything that needs parameters: modules > everything that is not needed all the time: module I would really add: everything not needed at all: out! Kernel build time is also an issue - I don't wanna be watching those messages floating around the screen forever. Of course, inheriting the .config is a must, though it can lead to problems if you ain't too much one of the Changelog-reading-guys. Otherwise I'll just agree with Volker, though I keep USB in-kernel on my laptop as it is very important to me. Gentoo is actually all about keeping all of the stuff as minimal as possible ;) Regards, Aleks -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list