On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 22:33:59 +0200 Joe Hart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > David Baron wrote: > > I compile my own to dispense with initrd and use realtime-lsm, also a > > version > > with the real-time preemptive patch or ovz and such. > > > > I am not making the kernel to be a universal package so I guess I really do > > not need all those modules, do I? I have already dispensed with OSS. I have > > a > > "normal" 10-T 8139 ethernet card. A few sound devices, and intel chipset > > with > > intel agpgart. I compile the proprietory nvidia driver. So. > > > > Can I simply get rid of all the decnet, ieee stuff, isdn and such? I > > compile > > in what yaird -test says I need and what I found necessary for correct alsa > > loading, ext3fs, etc. > > > > > > If you are rolling your own kernel and not planning on sharing with > others, nor do you plan on changing the hardware in your machine, then > of course you can choose to get rid of the unnecessary things in your > kernel, nor do you need to make a module for things you're not likely to > ever have. > > But, always a but, if you ever do get new hardware, it won't work until > you rebuild the kernel, and you can forget about updates for security or > better functionality (bug fixes). Well, if he builds from a debian source package, then he'll get updates to that package, at which point he'll be able to consider upgrading the source package and rebuilding the kernel. Celejar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]