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Date:      Fri, 13 Sep 1996 16:27:50 -0400
From:      Garrett Wollman <wollman@lcs.mit.edu>
To:        Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
Cc:        grog@lemis.de (Greg Lehey), FreeBSD-current@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Build is complete
Message-ID:  <9609132027.AA03265@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199609131929.MAA09439@phaeton.artisoft.com>
References:  <199609130805.KAA19112@allegro.lemis.de> <199609131929.MAA09439@phaeton.artisoft.com>

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<<On Fri, 13 Sep 1996 12:29:53 -0700 (MST), Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> said:

>> That seems reasonable at first sight, but on the other hand, how many
>> people build releases?

> Doesn't matter.  If you don't want the piece in the generic kernel,
> then the build process shouldn't rely on it.  Putting it in the kernel
> is not the only option; pulling it out of the build process is also an
> option.

But neither option is of any value.

The vn device is not of any utility in getting a machine running far
enough to compile a new kernel.  Therefore, it has no business
whatsoever in GENERIC.

-GAWollman

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