Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2014 17:48:45 -0700 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: Ian Lepore <ian@FreeBSD.org> Cc: "freebsd-arm@freebsd.org" <freebsd-arm@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: TMPFS in kernels Message-ID: <CE0A76DC-E6DF-4E5D-8053-D86FF0B3E140@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <1394153197.1149.363.camel@revolution.hippie.lan> References: <5313D0FE.8010008@ceetonetechnology.com> <1393818974.1149.270.camel@revolution.hippie.lan> <5314016B.1000107@ceetonetechnology.com> <20140303061136.GB85204@zibbi.meraka.csir.co.za> <CAHNYxxPvRwmSDw8M9znFi1QsDq%2BR=Ash7AODWTct4Q_TBdOCVQ@mail.gmail.com> <C1297CD6-C313-4516-BA51-71C427C45B79@bsdimp.com> <CAHNYxxOAcjiU0C6of9wBeHyXiCCgdJWt2Y8BpV%2BDyyD=fxdG2g@mail.gmail.com> <1394148799.1149.354.camel@revolution.hippie.lan> <53190F52.7030605@ceetonetechnology.com> <1394151627.1149.357.camel@revolution.hippie.lan> <CA1F2561-412A-466A-BF5B-1FBE5EDEE451@bsdimp.com> <1394152175.1149.360.camel@revolution.hippie.lan> <3C2098DE-762E-49BF-8C00-D6D7AB588669@bsdimp.com> <1394153197.1149.363.camel@revolution.hippie.lan>
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On Mar 6, 2014, at 5:46 PM, Ian Lepore <ian@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > On Thu, 2014-03-06 at 17:43 -0700, Warner Losh wrote: >> On Mar 6, 2014, at 5:29 PM, Ian Lepore <ian@FreeBSD.org> wrote: >>=20 >>> On Thu, 2014-03-06 at 17:25 -0700, Warner Losh wrote: >>>> On Mar 6, 2014, at 5:20 PM, Ian Lepore <ian@FreeBSD.org> wrote: >>>>=20 >>> [...] >>>>> Yeah, for the kernel side of it, I'm just adding TMPFS to >>>>> arm/conf/DEFAULTS since the concensus seems to be that we want it = in all >>>>> kernels. I'm waiting for a universe-kernels build to finish and = if it's >>>>> clean I'll commit that tonight. >>>>=20 >>>> DEFAULTS was never intended for something like this.. Only for = things that >>>> must be mandatory or very nearly mandatory for the system to = operate. While >>>> useful, this isn=92t mandatory by any stretch of the imagination. I = strongly object >>>> to putting it there, so please don=92t commit it to DEFAULTS. >>>=20 >>>=20 >>> Ooops, your email and the commit passed each other on the wires. >>>=20 >>> But... really? An option we want in every kernel we should paste = into >>> 70+ files instead of into the one file that they all include? >>=20 >> Yes. Otherwise we=92d have large parts of GENERIC in there. >>=20 >> Warner >=20 > Alright, then if that's the case I'm taking GEOM_PART_BSD and > GEOM_PART_MBR out of there and pasting them into every kernel as well, > because they certainly aren't mandatory (or even necessary if you use > GPT). That will leave just "device mem" in there. That should have happened a long time ago=85 Warner
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