Subject: Re: Kernel with no video?
To: None <mjreilly@flashcom.net>
From: Colin Wood <cwood@ichips.intel.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 07/13/1999 17:22:20
Matthew Reilly wrote:
> Colin Wood wrote:
> > 
> > Matthew Reilly wrote:
> > > Is it possible to compile a kernel with no video at all? Would there be
> > > any benefit? I'm running my Q700 headless and would like to strip it
> > > down to the essentials.
> > 
> > ummmm...maybe.  you can certainly remove intvid, macvid, grf, and ite from
> > the config file.  whether or not it will boot without the ite, tho, it's
> > hard to say....try it and see!
> > 
> > good luck :-)
> > 
> > colin
> 
> I couldn't even get that far, when I comment all of that out I get a
> load of errors when I try to compile. It seem like something somewhere
> is still referencing video stuff. Oh well, no biggie, just wondering if
> it was possible.

really?  what kind of errors?  it's quite possible that some of them
shouldn't be occurring...

later.

colin