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- From: drew@ophelia.cs.colorado.edu (Drew Eckhardt)
- Subject: Re: tweaking the kernel
- Message-ID: <1992Aug27.031355.15689@colorado.edu>
- Keywords: HD controllers
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- Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 03:13:55 GMT
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- In article <6027@pdxgate.UUCP> moyerg@rigel.cs.pdx.edu (gary a moyer) writes:
- >I am in the process of trying to get the kernel to compile. Due to
- >limited memory size I would like to squeeze the kernel down to the
- >essesntials. My question is this: can I omit the scsi drivers by
- >modifying the config.dist.h and removing all the scsi #def's? I
- >am only using and IDE controller so I see no need for any of the
- >scsi drivers.
- > Thanks.
- >
-
- You could, but as soon as the next Linux version comes out, you'll
- have to do it again. The way this works is you #undef CONFIG_DISTRIBUTION
- in config.h, and tailor the config.site.h to suit your tastes.
-
- Default is for no SCSI drivers, normal hard disk, etc.
-
- Theoretically, you will be able to keep the same config.site.h
- throughout the next N Linux releases, until some one puts in
- something you want.
-
- Also, if you aren't using SCSI support, until a decent config utility
- is used, you might want to remove the scsi.a reference and scsi reference
- from the makefile after doing the configuration trick - this will cut compile
- time some what.
-
- --
- Microsoft is responsible for propogating the evils it calls DOS and Windows,
- IBM for AIX (appropriately called Aches by those having to administer it), but
- marketing's sins don't come close to those of legal departments.
- Boycott AT&T for their absurd anti-BSDI lawsuit.
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