Date: Thu, 11 Jul 1996 10:44:45 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Cc: terry@lambert.org, michaelv@HeadCandy.com, joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Some recent changes to GENERIC Message-ID: <199607111744.KAA29411@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <7654.837073584@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at Jul 11, 96 01:26:24 am
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> > This is Unix, the most sophisticated OS available. It should support > > use of fallback drivers and dynamic loading of replacement devices > > as needed, so if they can't or won't build their own kernel, it will > > have no effect on their ability to run the system, one way or another. > > Actually, it's more like: "This is Unix, the most sophisticated OS > available. You should never ever need to even build a kernel for it > since every conceivable feature is either loaded dynamically as an LKM > or settable at runtime with sysctl(3). Those few features which fall > between the cracks, like serial console selection or netbooting, > should be boot-time options (either on the prompt or in the "info > area" of the boot blocks)." Well, yes. But I was going to let them figure out they didn't need to rebuild kernels on their own. Now you've spoiled the "Aha!" experience for everyone. 8-(. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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