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Date:      Sun, 31 May 1998 05:21:20 +0200
From:      Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no>
To:        Richard Wackerbarth <rkw@dataplex.net>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: How about /usr/ports/kernel ?
Message-ID:  <19980531052120.41610@follo.net>
In-Reply-To: <l03130309b195d4c6fd5b@[208.2.87.10]>; from Richard Wackerbarth on Sat, May 30, 1998 at 03:45:31PM -0500
References:  <199805301346.PAA29505@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>; <199805301346.PAA29505@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> <19980530182913.04478@follo.net> <l03130309b195d4c6fd5b@[208.2.87.10]>

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On Sat, May 30, 1998 at 03:45:31PM -0500, Richard Wackerbarth wrote:
> At 4:29 PM -0000 5/30/98, Eivind Eklund wrote:
> 
> >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?
> 
[...on having kernels made as a part of a normal build...]

We've discussed this before (off the list), and I tend to agree to
some of it.  However, how is this related to the proposal above
(except for both being part of the kernel build structure)?

Eivind.


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