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If I would want a smaller kernel with ath support compiled in, I would start by just adding the ath stuff in a fresh kernel config.
If that works fine, then I would remove kernel support for network interface cards I don't and never will have. Then I would use this kernel for a while and see how that goes.
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OK. I'm going to try that. I can't wait to see the result
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What I'm actually doing right now is this: first of all I didn't change anything yet, as far as networking drivers are concerned (all of the necessary ath stuff is in GENERIC). I only added this:
Code:
cpu I686_CPU
ident GENERIX
...
options VESA
options SC_PIXEL_MODE
Let's see what happens. Here are the results:
Kernel hang and complete system lock up at:
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ath0: hardware error; resetting
ath0: 0x01181300 0x00000000 0x00000000, 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
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Very strange. The GENERIC kernel that is automatically being installed during a minimal install of RELENG_8 doesn't do this.