Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:50:35 -0600 (MDT) From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: xcllnt@mac.com Cc: svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org, marcel@FreeBSD.org, bms@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r184194 - in head/sys: conf mips/conf Message-ID: <20081024.165035.41635952.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <B0A1F783-D8B2-45AE-9583-3FA5189BE164@mac.com> References: <20081023.191014.41711418.imp@bsdimp.com> <49018C68.3020706@FreeBSD.org> <B0A1F783-D8B2-45AE-9583-3FA5189BE164@mac.com>
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From: Marcel Moolenaar <xcllnt@mac.com> Subject: Re: svn commit: r184194 - in head/sys: conf mips/conf Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 09:04:32 -0700 > > On Oct 24, 2008, at 1:50 AM, Bruce M. Simpson wrote: > > > Warner Losh wrote: > >>> Add mips/conf/DEFAULTS and populate it with: > >>> machine arm > >>> device mem > >>> device uart_ns8250 > >>> options GEOM_BSD > >>> options GEOM_MBR > >>> Remove the first three from all kernel configuration files > >>> (sometimes commented-out) and change geom_bsd and geom_mbr > >>> from standard to optional. > >>> > >> > >> We shouldn't be using DEFAULTS for this. > >> > > > > I agree. Marcel, can you please back this change out (at least the > > mips or SENTRY5 part of it) ? > > > > uart support isn't ready on SENTRY5; shipping these drivers in a > > default configuration just adds dead wood on a platform where kernel > > size is critical. > > I have no problem reverting, but the reasons you put forward > don't hold. uart(4) is not enabled by default so there's no > change to the SENTRY5 configuration at all in that respect. > Please provide other grounds for reversal. (1) You didn't ask us first. (2) Others have said this is a bad idea. (3) There's appears to be a conensus that we should move the other way from what you are doing. Warner
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