From owner-freebsd-current Mon Apr 20 16:31:10 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA24880 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Mon, 20 Apr 1998 16:31:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns1.yes.no (ns1.yes.no [195.119.24.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA24676 for ; Mon, 20 Apr 1998 23:30:02 GMT (envelope-from eivind@bitbox.follo.net) Received: from bitbox.follo.net (bitbox.follo.net [194.198.43.36]) by ns1.yes.no (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id XAA21950 for ; Mon, 20 Apr 1998 23:29:50 GMT Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) id BAA20499; Tue, 21 Apr 1998 01:29:50 +0200 (MET DST) Message-ID: <19980421012950.46601@follo.net> Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 01:29:50 +0200 From: Eivind Eklund To: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why is xtend in the base system? References: <19980420155034.A4214@rtfm.net> <19980420175822.A4615@rtfm.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89.1i In-Reply-To: <19980420175822.A4615@rtfm.net>; from Nathan Dorfman on Mon, Apr 20, 1998 at 05:58:22PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Apr 20, 1998 at 05:58:22PM -0400, Nathan Dorfman wrote: > On Mon, Apr 20, 1998 at 04:20:22PM -0400, Matthew N. Dodd wrote: > > On Mon, 20 Apr 1998, Nathan Dorfman wrote: > > > Why is xtend in the base system, anyway? It's definitely not > > > essential, AFAICS. Maybe it should be moved into ports? > > > > Because it uses kernel drivers and would be prone to getting crufty if it > > wasn't in the base. > > Why can't this be done as an lkm that is installed from a port/package? Because the internal kernel API isn't stable enough at this point. There is still a lot of cleanup to do; hopefully this will be feasible once the new bus code and kld comes online. > Please don't Cc: me when replying to the list, I get the same message > twice (mutt will stop doing this if you define the list using :lists > and then use the L key for list-reply). Please be aware that this request doesn't cover all of us - I for one filter messages, and am much more likely to miss something that only goes through the lists. Thus, I like getting first order replies To:'ed to me, with Cc: to the lists. Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message