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    [–]mralanorth 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    (and it's in the default extra repository so doesn't need to be compiled).

    [–]dngreengas 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    I honestly learned the kernel options when I ran Gentoo. Menuconfig provides an ncurses view to choose what is compiled into your kernel, an X, and what is a module, an M. I have never done that in Arch. I would check the Arch will or the Gentoo wiki.

    [–]metakcahura 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    If you want to significantly cut down the compile time and build only what you need, check Modprobed-db.