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Date:      Fri, 6 Jun 1997 12:00:56 +0930 (CST)
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
To:        adam@veda.is (Adam David)
Cc:        dg@root.com, 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
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/etc/mtree BSD.include.dist
Message-ID:  <199706060230.MAA29428@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <199706051140.LAA02530@veda.is> from Adam David at "Jun 5, 97 11:40:33 am"

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Adam David stands accused of saying:
> >    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.

Count this as a resounding NO vote to the above.

> > David Greenman
> 
> 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).

This is contradicted by my experience and that of numerous other
posters over the years.  Most users don't give a damn whether there
are extra drivers in their kernel; OTOH they generally get pretty pissed
if a driver they need _isn't_.

> However, building a custom kernel will likely always be a typical operation
> during post-installation machine configuration.

Don't make me laugh.  It _might_ be, if the user/admin is particularly
paranoid, but believe me when I say that GENERIC is a lot more popular
than you seem to think.

> Adam David <adam@veda.is>

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