From owner-freebsd-current Fri Sep 13 13:29:19 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id NAA14534 for current-outgoing; Fri, 13 Sep 1996 13:29:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu (halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu [18.26.0.159]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id NAA14528 for ; Fri, 13 Sep 1996 13:29:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: by halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu; (5.65v3.2/1.1.8.2/19Aug95-0530PM) id AA03265; Fri, 13 Sep 1996 16:27:50 -0400 Date: Fri, 13 Sep 1996 16:27:50 -0400 From: Garrett Wollman Message-Id: <9609132027.AA03265@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> To: Terry Lambert Cc: grog@lemis.de (Greg Lehey), FreeBSD-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Build is complete In-Reply-To: <199609131929.MAA09439@phaeton.artisoft.com> References: <199609130805.KAA19112@allegro.lemis.de> <199609131929.MAA09439@phaeton.artisoft.com> Sender: owner-current@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk < said: >> That seems reasonable at first sight, but on the other hand, how many >> people build releases? > Doesn't matter. If you don't want the piece in the generic kernel, > then the build process shouldn't rely on it. Putting it in the kernel > is not the only option; pulling it out of the build process is also an > option. But neither option is of any value. The vn device is not of any utility in getting a machine running far enough to compile a new kernel. Therefore, it has no business whatsoever in GENERIC. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | O Siem / We are all family / O Siem / We're all the same wollman@lcs.mit.edu | O Siem / The fires of freedom Opinions not those of| Dance in the burning flame MIT, LCS, ANA, or NSA| - Susan Aglukark and Chad Irschick