From owner-freebsd-arch Thu Jun 14 21: 4:57 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from fledge.watson.org (fledge.watson.org [204.156.12.50]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD70C37B409; Thu, 14 Jun 2001 21:04:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from arr@watson.org) Received: from localhost (arr@localhost) by fledge.watson.org (8.11.3/8.11.3) with SMTP id f5F44Z739416; Fri, 15 Jun 2001 00:04:35 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from arr@watson.org) Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 00:04:35 -0400 (EDT) From: "Andrew R. Reiter" To: John Baldwin Cc: Dag-Erling Smorgrav , arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: sysorg: sys/modules In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 14 Jun 2001, John Baldwin wrote: > make sys/modules obsolete. However, it would be good if all the code (screen > savers, etc.) moved out of sys/modules and into more appropriate locations. > Also, there's no good reason why things like screen savers can't be compiled > into a static kernel as well. I'd like to see the ability for certain pieces of the kernel to be compiled as KLDs in the config file. Then, there could be a somewhat clean movement from sys/modules -> sys/... perhaps this suggestion is no good? Andrew *-------------................................................. | Andrew R. Reiter | arr@fledge.watson.org | "It requires a very unusual mind | to undertake the analysis of the obvious" -- A.N. Whitehead To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message