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Date:      Wed, 2 Nov 2005 11:14:45 +0100
From:      Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr>
To:        src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/conf DEFAULTS GENERIC
Message-ID:  <20051102101445.GA83583@tara.freenix.org>
In-Reply-To: <20051031040510.GA9249@dragon.NUXI.org>
References:  <200510271734.j9RHYZAk015054@repoman.freebsd.org> <20051030062148.GA76667@dragon.NUXI.org> <4364D017.1050605@samsco.org> <20051031040510.GA9249@dragon.NUXI.org>

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According to David O'Brien:
> out of GENERIC.  Maybe we should force the use of modules and have the
> GENERIC kernel only be things that cannot be built as a module - much as
> other Unixes do.

Solaris' way then?  I don't think I'd mind too much.  Recompiling the
kernel is part of the BSD way[tm] but I think most of our users could do
without that step, considering how many of them never bother to use
anything else than GENERIC (and I see more of them).
-- 
Ollivier ROBERT -=- FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! -=- roberto@keltia.freenix.fr
Darwin snuadh.freenix.org Kernel Version 7.9.0: Wed Mar 30 20:11:17 PST 2005



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