From owner-cvs-etc  Thu Jun  5 04:18:29 1997
Return-Path: <owner-cvs-etc>
Received: (from root@localhost)
          by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id EAA08666
          for cvs-etc-outgoing; Thu, 5 Jun 1997 04:18:29 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from veda.is (ubiq.veda.is [193.4.230.60])
          by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id EAA08660;
          Thu, 5 Jun 1997 04:18:24 -0700 (PDT)
Received: (from adam@localhost) by veda.is (8.8.5/8.7.3) id LAA02530; Thu, 5 Jun 1997 11:40:33 GMT
From: Adam David <adam@veda.is>
Message-Id: <199706051140.LAA02530@veda.is>
Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc/mtree BSD.include.dist
In-Reply-To: <199706050114.SAA28344@implode.root.com> from David Greenman at "Jun 4, 97 06:14:34 pm"
To: dg@root.com
Date: Thu, 5 Jun 1997 11:40:33 +0000 (GMT)
Cc: jkh@time.cdrom.com, ache@nagual.pp.ru, asami@cs.berkeley.edu,
        bde@zeta.org.au, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG,
        cvs-etc@FreeBSD.ORG
X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31 (25)]
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Sender: owner-cvs-etc@FreeBSD.ORG
X-Loop: FreeBSD.org
Precedence: bulk

>    Well, I disagree with you, Jordan. I think we should make the kernel
> sources a mandatory part of the system and /usr/include/sys should be a
> symlink.
> 
> -DG
> 
> David Greenman
> Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project
> 

Let me second this, and add the rationale that most people don't want to
be running a kernel.GENERIC bloated with all kinds of drivers for devices
they probably don't have (and not all drivers that they do need).

Of course, this all changes when kernel modules are better integrated.
However, building a custom kernel will likely always be a typical operation
during post-installation machine configuration.

--
Adam David <adam@veda.is>