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Dirk Heinrichs wrote: |
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> Am Samstag, 27. Dezember 2008 20:27:37 schrieb Nikos Chantziaras: |
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>> Harry Putnam wrote: |
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>>> Summary of request for help: |
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>>> |
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>>> Are there hardcore kernel builders in the house who can steer me to |
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>>> a faster way of figuring out what the installed modules do... for |
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>>> sure. |
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>> Well, my bit of wisdom here: Don't use modules. Do a "make |
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>> menuconfig", disable everything you don't need, and compile everything |
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>> you need in-kernel instead of as a module. |
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> I'd say the "disable everything you don't need" part is what Harry's mail is |
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> all about. |
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Well, finding out what every installed module does isn't going to help |
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anyway. I'd start with only the modules currently used after a fresh |
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boot (lsmod). If you compile those in-kernel, it will boot. Everything |
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else can be tweaked later. |
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