Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 12:45:55 -0700 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: Garrett Cooper <gcooper@FreeBSD.org> Cc: svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, Colin Percival <cperciva@FreeBSD.org>, Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Subject: Re: svn commit: r216746 - head/sys/conf Message-ID: <4D1B8FF3.2040005@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimmQyr91LDYqB_iSUCzHZQBC5shaof48suJMDWJ@mail.gmail.com> References: <201012272352.oBRNqeEb040247@svn.freebsd.org> <20101228015905.GA81514@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <4D194551.7000004@freebsd.org> <20101228020900.GA81611@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <4D1A1EDC.8010603@bsdimp.com> <AANLkTimmQyr91LDYqB_iSUCzHZQBC5shaof48suJMDWJ@mail.gmail.com>
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On 12/29/2010 05:00, Garrett Cooper wrote: > On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 9:31 AM, Warner Losh<imp@bsdimp.com> wrote: >> On 12/27/2010 19:09, Steve Kargl wrote: >>> On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 06:02:57PM -0800, Colin Percival wrote: >>>> On 12/27/10 17:59, Steve Kargl wrote: >>>>> On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 11:52:40PM +0000, Colin Percival wrote: >>>>>> Make it possible to specify WITHOUT_MODULES in a kernel config file. >>>>> Can you explain how this differs from >>>>> makeoptions NO_MODULES >>>>> which has been able to do for years? >>>> NO_MODULES means what it says: No modules. >>>> >>>> WITHOUT_MODULES="foo bar baz" means "go ahead and build modules except >>>> for foo, >>>> bar, and baz". >>>> >>> Thanks. The distincion wasn't clear from the commit log. >>> I read it as "Build a kernel WITHOUT building MODULES", >>> which is what NO_MODULES does. >> which is why I'd like to have its name changed: it is confusing this way... > Wouldn't it be better to have MODULES_EXCLUDE and MODULES_INCLUDE > or something along those lines? MODULES_OVERRIDE doesn't really have a > nice clean antonym to go with it according to my friendly neighborhood > thesaurus. Yes. jhb and I have been talking about this, and will have some changes soon. Warner
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