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Date:      14 Feb 2002 00:07:42 +0100
From:      Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>
To:        Michael Smith <msmith@freebsd.org>
Cc:        David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie>, Michael Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.org>, Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/conf options.i386 options.pc98 src/sys/i386/conf NOTES src/sys/i386/i386 initcpu.c
Message-ID:  <xzplmdxq8u9.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
In-Reply-To: <200202131850.g1DIosg01181@mass.dis.org>
References:  <200202131850.g1DIosg01181@mass.dis.org>

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Michael Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> writes:
> This shouldn't be an option either!

Much of the kernel suffers from CYA syndrome, with code that shouldn't
be optional (or should just be controlled by a tunable or sysctl) made
optional, just so the author can reply "it's off by default!" to
anyone complaining.

DES
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org

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