Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 15:50:55 -0800 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> Cc: Warner Losh <imp@village.org>, Dan Moschuk <dan@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/conf files.i386 src/sys/kern kern_fork.c src/sys/libkern arc4random.c src/sys/sys libkern.h Message-ID: <199911292350.PAA01821@mass.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 29 Nov 1999 14:02:46 PST." <199911292202.OAA09817@apollo.backplane.com>
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> : > :I grow concerned about the number of kernel OPTIONS that we have. how > :many bytes are we saving here by making it an option? If it is less > :than 1k, don't bother. > : > :Warner > > We throw away the device market entirely if we do that. Not really. What's wrong at the moment is that the implementation of most options is poorly thought out; they're compile-time rather than link-time items. -- \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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