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Date:      Fri, 18 Aug 2006 19:14:50 -0400
From:      Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org>
To:        des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?=)
Cc:        cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, brueffer@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/modules Makefile
Message-ID:  <20060818191450.0c00c453.trhodes@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <86irkqt9of.fsf@xps.des.no>
References:  <200608181020.k7IAKFub076687@repoman.freebsd.org> <86irkqt9of.fsf@xps.des.no>

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On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 16:12:16 +0200
des@des.no (Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav) wrote:

> Christian Brueffer <brueffer@FreeBSD.org> writes:
> >   Log:
> >   Follow the lead of mxgb(4) and build the module for ixgb(4).
> >  =20
> >   Originally it wasn't enabled since the hardware wasn't commonplace,
> >   but as 10GE hardware is becoming more widely used, building the module
> >   by default should be beneficial.
>=20
> I don't understand the reasoning for the previous state.  What does it
> matter how common the hardware is?  If the driver is in the tree, it
> should be built.

And I think you explained exactly why he changed it.  ;)

--=20
Tom Rhodes



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