From owner-svn-src-all@freebsd.org Sat Apr 15 14:07:43 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-all@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 860D7D3EB48; Sat, 15 Apr 2017 14:07:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from danfe@freebsd.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:6074::16:84]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "freefall.freebsd.org", Issuer "Let's Encrypt Authority X3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 67948150; Sat, 15 Apr 2017 14:07:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from danfe@freebsd.org) Received: by freefall.freebsd.org (Postfix, from userid 1033) id 980C54770; Sat, 15 Apr 2017 14:07:42 +0000 (UTC) Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2017 14:07:42 +0000 From: Alexey Dokuchaev To: rgrimes@freebsd.org Cc: Mark Johnston , "src-committers@freebsd.org" , Alan Somers , "svn-src-all@freebsd.org" , "svn-src-head@freebsd.org" , Ngie Cooper Subject: Re: svn commit: r316938 - head/sbin/savecore Message-ID: <20170415140742.GF97090@FreeBSD.org> References: <20170415053729.GA76139@raichu> <201704150642.v3F6g41p010449@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201704150642.v3F6g41p010449@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.7.1 (2016-10-04) X-BeenThere: svn-src-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire src tree \(except for " user" and " projects" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2017 14:07:43 -0000 On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 11:42:04PM -0700, Rodney W. Grimes wrote: > On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 10:37:29PM -0700, Mark Johnston wrote: > > ... > > Does "lkm" mean "loadable kernel module"? If so, why? > > Yes, so you dont have to reboot to write and debug new versions, so > you can have a kernel without minidump if you want, and I am sure > there are others. More importantly, why not? Modules are good, > staticially linked rarely used code is bad. That sounds pretty awesome, keep it up! ./danfe ("modularize everything" proponent)