Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2004 16:11:58 -0700 (MST) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: phk@phk.freebsd.dk Cc: arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Resolving the crypto duplicity... Message-ID: <20040205.161158.71089474.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <3144.1076020252@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <20040205.074549.128866887.imp@bsdimp.com> <3144.1076020252@critter.freebsd.dk>
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In message: <3144.1076020252@critter.freebsd.dk> "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> writes: : In message <20040205.074549.128866887.imp@bsdimp.com>, "M. Warner Losh" writes: : >In message: <38921.1075966216@critter.freebsd.dk> : > "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> writes: : >: But as I said, it may be time to discuss the overall issue of kld : >: dependencies, rather than just scratch my own little itch... : > : >Typically people just put the module dependency into their kld and get : >on with their lives. There's really little to discuss except maybe : >making an opencrypto module... At least as far as the dependency : >issue with klds. I have no comment on the code duplication aspects. : : And that means that "optional dependencies" are not in the picture ? : : I want gbde to use opencrypto if it is there, but I do not want to : require it (since it is optional from GBDE's point of view). : : Is there any sane way to do that ? Ah. I see. Yes, there's a way to do it, but it requires lots of cooperation on the part the optional module. Warner
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