From owner-svn-src-all@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 29 19:50:28 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E138106566C; Wed, 29 Dec 2010 19:50:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from harmony.bsdimp.com (bsdimp.com [199.45.160.85]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27C0C8FC0A; Wed, 29 Dec 2010 19:50:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by harmony.bsdimp.com (8.14.3/8.14.1) with ESMTP id oBTJjtdx075900; Wed, 29 Dec 2010 12:45:56 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Message-ID: <4D1B8FF3.2040005@bsdimp.com> Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 12:45:55 -0700 From: Warner Losh User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD amd64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.12) Gecko/20101029 Thunderbird/3.1.6 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Garrett Cooper 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> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, Colin Percival , Steve Kargl Subject: Re: svn commit: r216746 - head/sys/conf X-BeenThere: svn-src-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 19:50:28 -0000 On 12/29/2010 05:00, Garrett Cooper wrote: > On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 9:31 AM, Warner Losh 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