Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 21:23:34 +0300 From: Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg> To: David O'Brien <obrien@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Maxime Henrion <mux@qualys.com>, arch@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Building only a specified list of kernel modules Message-ID: <20010325212334.D3241@ringworld.oblivion.bg> In-Reply-To: <20010325102053.E58992@dragon.nuxi.com>; from obrien@FreeBSD.org on Sun, Mar 25, 2001 at 10:20:53AM -0800 References: <20010324211140.C4304@ringworld.oblivion.bg> <20010324205005.D777@nebula.cybercable.fr> <20010325101657.A36335@ringworld.oblivion.bg> <20010325120046.F777@nebula.cybercable.fr> <20010325102053.E58992@dragon.nuxi.com>
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On Sun, Mar 25, 2001 at 10:20:53AM -0800, David O'Brien wrote: > On Sun, Mar 25, 2001 at 12:00:46PM +0200, Maxime Henrion wrote: > > My point is that more often we want to disable some modules and not > > specify a list of modules which would be scary for beginners and would > > lead to errors. > > I disagree. I think more people would want to specify the ones they want > -- just like in the kernel config, you list what you want, not what you > don't want (ok, you'll find a very,very few examples doing this). > > In my kernel I tell it I have a `xl' network card. I want to say the > same for modules building, not that I don't have fxp, ed, fe, dc, etc.... I think so too :) However, Maxime also has another point - keeping a sample MODULES_LIST in /etc/defaults.make.conf means that every time a new module is added, someone has to remember to add it there, too. This is not too hard a task, but well ;) More people should voice their opinions and arguments on that, I think.. G'luck, Peter -- The rest of this sentence is written in Thailand, on To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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