From owner-freebsd-current Tue Sep 12 6:46:38 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from lists01.iafrica.com (lists01.iafrica.com [196.7.0.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6D8037B422 for ; Tue, 12 Sep 2000 06:46:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nwl.fw.uunet.co.za ([196.31.2.162]) by lists01.iafrica.com with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #2) id 13YqNn-0006yj-00; Tue, 12 Sep 2000 15:45:55 +0200 Received: (from nobody@localhost) by nwl.fw.uunet.co.za (8.8.8/8.6.9) id PAA05438; Tue, 12 Sep 2000 15:45:55 +0200 (SAST) Received: by nwl.fw.uunet.co.za via recvmail id 4894; Tue Sep 12 15:42:46 2000 Received: from sheldonh (helo=axl.fw.uunet.co.za) by axl.fw.uunet.co.za with local-esmtp (Exim 3.16 #1) id 13YqKk-000PEL-00; Tue, 12 Sep 2000 15:42:46 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn To: Donn Miller Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Latest kernel/module restructuring In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 12 Sep 2000 05:33:10 -0400." Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 15:42:46 +0200 Message-ID: <96988.968766166@axl.fw.uunet.co.za> Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 12 Sep 2000 05:33:10 -0400, Donn Miller wrote: > To remedy this, I suggest we have an option in /etc/defaults/make.conf > to _not_ wipe out any modules in /boot/kernel (except kernel.ko of > course) if modules are not built with kernel. This sounds like a very bad idea, since it encourages folks to use modules which are not synchronized with the running kernel. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message