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 1HomUv-0001Jg-Rh for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 17 May 2007 20:22:54 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l4HKLcef011319; Thu, 17 May 2007 20:21:38 GMT Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com (wr-out-0506.google.com [64.233.184.238]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l4HKH6Fa006172 for ; Thu, 17 May 2007 20:17:06 GMT Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id 60so697927wri for ; Thu, 17 May 2007 13:17:05 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=qAl3MkKdFpimWd+PHvDMBfiWNDAHPEQQ+6b0OQZdljF0NulcBQ4iwS+nbI/QYNKNGdsTeKUK5nV2fWCiBxuP6gsYA2BDOyh3IwRrzayzCfzNTRPGEAWqr+XyQojA9U++b1jkVLwKUR2SyfwdQRYDpdSw+a5UAiiYxa/mgjzOMbY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=jK+KT5YZOFdcCmtlH+VQ10hA1DsworbMjI+co49Ikep6k/5ppw7l1yZEq1FsRqQzPQspni7aK/t2ebkVSZEkvNFtbOBcPu3Utu5Sy3G3YTNHYJ6RaK0hu3x0edpt73DT6OhtHyup/84c82C7KOVB0Tgr/5BZrGmXhTFdath+l3w= Received: by 10.114.58.1 with SMTP id g1mr398957waa.1179433025474; Thu, 17 May 2007 13:17:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.114.176.15 with HTTP; Thu, 17 May 2007 13:17:05 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <49bf44f10705171317ia37675dp147fb73a0b77e4b8@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 13:17:05 -0700 From: Grant To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Managing my kernel In-Reply-To: <200705141809.37504.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de> 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=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <49bf44f10705140848n41d13c0cy5225964032ecb480@mail.gmail.com> <200705141809.37504.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de> X-Archives-Salt: 38a34ebb-c247-45db-b16d-62df3412da30 X-Archives-Hash: b4c7885253bf1e9c96539fc40e209313 > > 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 So you don't leave anything unbuilt? Is there any real disadvantage to that as long as you modularize as much as possible? It sounds delightfully simple to go that route. That would be a really portable kernel too. - Grant -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list