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Subject: Re: [RFC] shipping kernels with default modules?
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On Jun 12, 2011, at 12:36 AM, Adrian Chadd wrote:

> On 11 June 2011 17:21, Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> wrote:
>=20
>> Is there any reason we aren't doing this at the moment? Eg by having =
a
>> default loader modules list populated from the kernel config file?
>=20
> The immediate problem - how does one get the config parameters from
> the kernel configuration file to appear in the per-module build setup?

For options, we've been doing that for years.  Config generates the =
opt_foo.h files, and they are picked up by the modules.

> Or, in a more general sense, how do you do per-module configuration?

Generally, the modules follow the global settings, since we've never =
tested building some network drivers with INET and some without, for =
example.

Or did you have something else in mind when you asked?

Warner=