Date: Thu, 11 Jul 1996 21:18:40 +0200 (MET DST) From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org (FreeBSD hackers) Cc: sextonr.crestvie@squared.com (Sexton Robert) Subject: Re: Kernel Config (Was: GENERIC Kernel Debate) Message-ID: <199607111918.VAA15753@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <7366895B0187397C@mg01a.mhs.squared.com> from "Sexton, Robert" at "Jul 11, 96 11:11:19 am"
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As Sexton, Robert wrote: > Is it possible for us to get away from the use of compilers in kernel > config? The problem is that we could no longer use compile-time options. They used to be simple -DFOO macros in the cc command line, and quite many have been converted to "opt_foo.h" include options (so the Makefile dependencies will work again). However, converting every (major) #ifdef into a run-time configurable option will at least take a long time, and it doesn't seem to be *that* desirable at all. AT&T and SCO and [insert your favorite commercial vendor] had a totally different driving force to not use compilers -- they simply didn't want the users the source code. Thus, compile-time options were out of the question at all. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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