From owner-freebsd-current Sat May 30 20:21:54 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA20535 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Sat, 30 May 1998 20:21:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns1.yes.no (ns1.yes.no [195.119.24.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA20526 for ; Sat, 30 May 1998 20:21:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from eivind@bitbox.follo.net) Received: from bitbox.follo.net (bitbox.follo.net [195.204.143.218]) by ns1.yes.no (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id DAA20817; Sun, 31 May 1998 03:21:43 GMT Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) id FAA10187; Sun, 31 May 1998 05:21:21 +0200 (MET DST) Message-ID: <19980531052120.41610@follo.net> Date: Sun, 31 May 1998 05:21:20 +0200 From: Eivind Eklund To: Richard Wackerbarth Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How about /usr/ports/kernel ? References: <199805301346.PAA29505@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>; <199805301346.PAA29505@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> <19980530182913.04478@follo.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89.1i In-Reply-To: ; from Richard Wackerbarth on Sat, May 30, 1998 at 03:45:31PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, May 30, 1998 at 03:45:31PM -0500, Richard Wackerbarth wrote: > At 4:29 PM -0000 5/30/98, Eivind Eklund wrote: > > >My own view of this is that config(8) should scan for > > ../../*/conf/files.FreeBSD > > ../../*/conf/options.FreeBSD > > ../../*/conf/files.FreeBSD. > > ../../*/conf/options.FreeBSD. > >add concatenate this with the appropriate files. > > > >This would allow us to add a new subsystem (like i4b) by just adding a > >new subdir to the kernel. > > > >For some ports we would of course need to add extra kernel hooks, but > >this at least solve the easy cases. > > > >What do people think? > [...on having kernels made as a part of a normal build...] We've discussed this before (off the list), and I tend to agree to some of it. However, how is this related to the proposal above (except for both being part of the kernel build structure)? Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message