Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:49:41 +0000 From: Tom Evans <tevans.uk@googlemail.com> To: Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 8 to 9: Kernel modularization -- did it change? Message-ID: <CAFHbX1J46WYBH=AUK9XHQMLHcFLMUKXrkfCVeABBJdcqQNOeCA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4F42B6D9.9000400@FreeBSD.org> References: <CAOjFWZ6WM1bLEwaBiUE50Gj4MrwxefDWFb85ecRtYkSDuZ0erg@mail.gmail.com> <mailpost.1329495670.7246668.67851.mailing.freebsd.hackers@FreeBSD.cs.nctu.edu.tw> <4F3E8225.9030501@FreeBSD.org> <E1RyRKJ-000Ioa-Ec@hans3> <4F3E8C26.3080900@FreeBSD.org> <E1RyRq0-000Iqy-3l@hans3> <4F3EA5F2.9070804@gmail.com> <E1RyTZo-000J0R-0Y@hans3> <4F3EAE5F.6070903@gmail.com> <E1RyUv6-000J5e-0E@hans3> <20120217.220802.988.2@DOMY-PC> <4F3EDEBC.7040703@gmail.com> <4F3EFB70.5000102@FreeBSD.org> <CAFHbX1KO7mc0zhOGMHrKmAt%2BBnuqUM14RKCaug8RvaeCYnXAzw@mail.gmail.com> <4F42B6D9.9000400@FreeBSD.org>
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On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 9:10 PM, Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> wrote: > On 02/20/2012 06:44, Tom Evans wrote: >> Whatever happened to POLA? This change surprised me, wasn't mentioned >> in /usr/src/UPDATING, > > You're supposed to compare your existing kernel config to the new > GENERIC every time you do a major version upgrade. That would have made > the change quite obvious. > "Dumb stupid user" - great argument Doug. As I am just a dumb stupid user, all I looked at were the kernel release notes for 9: http://www.freebsd.org/releases/9.0R/relnotes-detailed.html#KERNEL Where none of this is mentioned. At all. I guess as this only affects dumb stupid users, its not a big deal. Tom
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