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Date:      Mon, 14 Nov 2016 12:24:23 +1100 (EST)
From:      Bruce Evans <brde@optusnet.com.au>
To:        Michal Meloun <mmel@freebsd.org>
Cc:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org,  svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r308614 - head/sys/conf
Message-ID:  <20161114121639.N864@besplex.bde.org>
In-Reply-To: <201611131631.uADGVNaI090070@repo.freebsd.org>
References:  <201611131631.uADGVNaI090070@repo.freebsd.org>

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On Sun, 13 Nov 2016, Michal Meloun wrote:

> Log:
>  Allow embeding DRM2 code into kernel.

Thanks.

>  It's usefull for development (for netboot) and it also helps to boot
>  FreeBSD on some embeded platforms (where we must boot kernel directly,
>  without standard boot loader).

It is required for LINT to work (this commit doesn't fix it being missing
in LINT).

It helps to boot FreeBSD on some non-embedded platform (where system
policy doesn't allow either modules or the standard boot loader).

Many other subsystems have the same bug.  Some can be detected by
checking for their files being in LINT/.depend.

Bruce



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