Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 01:29:50 +0200 From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no> To: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why is xtend in the base system? Message-ID: <19980421012950.46601@follo.net> In-Reply-To: <19980420175822.A4615@rtfm.net>; from Nathan Dorfman on Mon, Apr 20, 1998 at 05:58:22PM -0400 References: <19980420155034.A4214@rtfm.net> <Pine.BSF.3.96.980420161931.523T-100000@sasami.jurai.net> <19980420175822.A4615@rtfm.net>
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On Mon, Apr 20, 1998 at 05:58:22PM -0400, Nathan Dorfman wrote: > On Mon, Apr 20, 1998 at 04:20:22PM -0400, Matthew N. Dodd wrote: > > On Mon, 20 Apr 1998, Nathan Dorfman wrote: > > > Why is xtend in the base system, anyway? It's definitely not > > > essential, AFAICS. Maybe it should be moved into ports? > > > > Because it uses kernel drivers and would be prone to getting crufty if it > > wasn't in the base. > > Why can't this be done as an lkm that is installed from a port/package? Because the internal kernel API isn't stable enough at this point. There is still a lot of cleanup to do; hopefully this will be feasible once the new bus code and kld comes online. > Please don't Cc: me when replying to the list, I get the same message > twice (mutt will stop doing this if you define the list using :lists > and then use the L key for list-reply). Please be aware that this request doesn't cover all of us - I for one filter messages, and am much more likely to miss something that only goes through the lists. Thus, I like getting first order replies To:'ed to me, with Cc: to the lists. Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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