Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 12:17:47 -0800 From: David Schultz <dschultz@uclink.Berkeley.EDU> To: Chris Pepper <pepper@reppep.com>, Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Confirmation: ext2fs requires kernel rebuild? Message-ID: <20021121201747.GA5436@HAL9000.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <p05200f09ba020d2729e6@[66.92.104.201]> References: <p05200f1ab9ff72b26ae1@[66.92.104.201]> <20021119100625.GC679@HAL9000.homeunix.com> <p05200f24ba0073e6b323@[66.92.104.201]> <20021121035034.GA2591@HAL9000.homeunix.com> <p05200f09ba020d2729e6@[66.92.104.201]>
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Thus spake Chris Pepper <pepper@reppep.com>: > >> >even into GENERIC. To do the latter, the module must exist; > >> >it will be created if you make the kernel with -DWANT_EXT2FS_MODULE. > >> >It is also installed by sysinstall, IIRC. > >> [...] > > > >Hmm...I think you're right. I don't see any documentation for the > >option. I would just as soon hook the module up to the default > >build like all the other modules, but maybe the license is an issue. > > I think it's off by default for stability, but would like to > submit a patch to the LABI Handbook chapter linking to a discussion > of the FS module. Unfortunately, I haven't yet found a URL that > describes it. Thus spake Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>: > The license *is* an issue. Distributing kernels that by default > include GPL'ed code can have many complications for people who make > commercial applications based on FreeBSD source. I'm not talking about linking ext2fs support into the kernel by default, I'm talking about just *creating* the module by default. See previous discussion. Stability isn't an issue, except for people who explicitly load the module. I'm aware of the problems with linking GPL'd code into the kernel, but that's not what is being discussed here. The license would only be a problem if there are legal or religious reasons against people building binaries that *could* be linked into the kernel. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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