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Date:      Sat, 27 Feb 1999 15:15:47 -0300 (EST)
From:      Joao Carlos Mendes Luis <jonny@jonny.eng.br>
To:        abial@nask.pl (Andrzej Bialecki)
Cc:        jkh@zippy.cdrom.com, jkh@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sbin/kget Makefile kget.8 kget.c
Message-ID:  <199902271815.PAA23531@roma.coe.ufrj.br>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9902271734030.6421-100000@korin.warman.org.pl> from Andrzej Bialecki at "Feb 27, 1999  5:37:50 pm"

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// > > Thanks. You should also add it to /etc/rc[whatever] so that it gets
// > > invoked on startup.
// > 
// > Well, therein lies the problem.  I could write it to /boot/kern.conf,
// > but then it would only benefit those who explicitly load it in
// > loader.rc (and currently, none of the default configurations do this).
// > 
// > Suggestions?
// 
// 1. Modify kget so that it checks /boot/loader.rc, and if it cannot find
//    a 'load -t userconfig_script', it appends such line to it. Ugly and
//    not obvious.
//
// 2. Modify the default configuration, i.e. /boot/loader.rc. Those who
//    will use the new /etc/rc will also use the new /boot/loader.rc

  PLEASE NO !!!  That's what I hate most in M$ products.  They try to be
smarter than the user, and do the wrong thing most of the time.

  If none of the default configurations do this, no problem.  Let the
next ones do.  If some user wants this right now, then he must be the
one to edit his own rc.* and loader scripts.  I'll probably do this
myself.

  I prefer kget to write a private file.  If it's possible to load two
or more userconfig_script's, then even better.  One only for kget
changes, and another for local fixed configuration (pnp, for example).

  Also, would these changes be done in a kernel dependent form ?  The
old dset utility did write in the kernel, so if I had more than one
kernel to chose to boot, no problem.  Each one had its own config.

					Jonny

--
Joao Carlos Mendes Luis            M.Sc. Student
jonny@jonny.eng.br                 Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
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