Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2014 17:46:37 -0700 From: Ian Lepore <ian@FreeBSD.org> To: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: "freebsd-arm@freebsd.org" <freebsd-arm@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: TMPFS in kernels Message-ID: <1394153197.1149.363.camel@revolution.hippie.lan> In-Reply-To: <3C2098DE-762E-49BF-8C00-D6D7AB588669@bsdimp.com> References: <5313D0FE.8010008@ceetonetechnology.com> <1393818974.1149.270.camel@revolution.hippie.lan> <5314016B.1000107@ceetonetechnology.com> <20140303061136.GB85204@zibbi.meraka.csir.co.za> <CAHNYxxPvRwmSDw8M9znFi1QsDq%2BR=Ash7AODWTct4Q_TBdOCVQ@mail.gmail.com> <C1297CD6-C313-4516-BA51-71C427C45B79@bsdimp.com> <CAHNYxxOAcjiU0C6of9wBeHyXiCCgdJWt2Y8BpV%2BDyyD=fxdG2g@mail.gmail.com> <1394148799.1149.354.camel@revolution.hippie.lan> <53190F52.7030605@ceetonetechnology.com> <1394151627.1149.357.camel@revolution.hippie.lan> <CA1F2561-412A-466A-BF5B-1FBE5EDEE451@bsdimp.com> <1394152175.1149.360.camel@revolution.hippie.lan> <3C2098DE-762E-49BF-8C00-D6D7AB588669@bsdimp.com>
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On Thu, 2014-03-06 at 17:43 -0700, Warner Losh wrote: > On Mar 6, 2014, at 5:29 PM, Ian Lepore <ian@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > > > On Thu, 2014-03-06 at 17:25 -0700, Warner Losh wrote: > >> On Mar 6, 2014, at 5:20 PM, Ian Lepore <ian@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > >> > > [...] > >>> Yeah, for the kernel side of it, I'm just adding TMPFS to > >>> arm/conf/DEFAULTS since the concensus seems to be that we want it in all > >>> kernels. I'm waiting for a universe-kernels build to finish and if it's > >>> clean I'll commit that tonight. > >> > >> DEFAULTS was never intended for something like this.. Only for things that > >> must be mandatory or very nearly mandatory for the system to operate. While > >> useful, this isnąt mandatory by any stretch of the imagination. I strongly object > >> to putting it there, so please donąt commit it to DEFAULTS. > > > > > > Ooops, your email and the commit passed each other on the wires. > > > > But... really? An option we want in every kernel we should paste into > > 70+ files instead of into the one file that they all include? > > Yes. Otherwise weąd have large parts of GENERIC in there. > > Warner Alright, then if that's the case I'm taking GEOM_PART_BSD and GEOM_PART_MBR out of there and pasting them into every kernel as well, because they certainly aren't mandatory (or even necessary if you use GPT). That will leave just "device mem" in there. -- Ianhelp
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