Date: Sat, 30 May 1998 15:47:59 -0700 (PDT) From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> To: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no> Cc: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How about /usr/ports/kernel ? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.980530154641.10304B-100000@current1.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <19980530182913.04478@follo.net>
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you know, I was thinking very similar things.. As you know I've been adding stuff but some of it gets added a little earlier than it should because there is no real alternative. On Sat, 30 May 1998, Eivind Eklund wrote: > On Sat, May 30, 1998 at 03:46:04PM +0200, Luigi Rizzo wrote: > > Just looking backward, i realize that i am doing a lot of work > > on the kernel, and so are others. So, how about adding a new port > > category, /usr/ports/kernel, where one can find various kernel > > enhancements etc which for any reason did not find their way in the > > main source tree ? > > > > That would accommodate the following things: > > > [...] > > > > Comments ? > > I think it might be a good idea, but this would require us to find a > good way to add things to the kernel. > > My own view of this is that config(8) should scan for > ../../*/conf/files.FreeBSD > ../../*/conf/options.FreeBSD > ../../*/conf/files.FreeBSD.<architecture> > ../../*/conf/options.FreeBSD.<architecture> > add concatenate this with the appropriate files. > > This would allow us to add a new subsystem (like i4b) by just adding a > new subdir to the kernel. > > For some ports we would of course need to add extra kernel hooks, but > this at least solve the easy cases. > > What do people think? > > Eivind. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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