From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 6 16:18:14 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BBE316A420; Tue, 6 Nov 2007 16:18:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brooks@lor.one-eyed-alien.net) Received: from lor.one-eyed-alien.net (cl-162.ewr-01.us.sixxs.net [IPv6:2001:4830:1200:a1::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 811E213C49D; Tue, 6 Nov 2007 16:18:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brooks@lor.one-eyed-alien.net) Received: from lor.one-eyed-alien.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lor.one-eyed-alien.net (8.14.1/8.13.8) with ESMTP id lA6GICtb089069; Tue, 6 Nov 2007 10:18:12 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from brooks@lor.one-eyed-alien.net) Received: (from brooks@localhost) by lor.one-eyed-alien.net (8.14.1/8.13.8/Submit) id lA6GIC3P089068; Tue, 6 Nov 2007 10:18:12 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from brooks) Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 10:18:12 -0600 From: Brooks Davis To: obrien@freebsd.org, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20071106161812.GD88328@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> References: <20071106160521.GG18357@dragon.NUXI.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="MAH+hnPXVZWQ5cD/" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20071106160521.GG18357@dragon.NUXI.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (lor.one-eyed-alien.net [127.0.0.1]); Tue, 06 Nov 2007 10:18:12 -0600 (CST) Cc: Subject: Re: Rename sys/*/conf/DEFAULT to _DEFAULT X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2007 16:18:14 -0000 --MAH+hnPXVZWQ5cD/ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 08:05:21AM -0800, David O'Brien wrote: > Hi folks, > In the days of modern Unix, many (most?) of us have come to expect and > depend on command-line completion that today's modern shells provide in > order to reduce typing (and inaccurate typing). >=20 > Given that premise, the "DEFAULTS" file in sys/*/conf constantly trips me > up as my kernel files are named "DEO". I know others with kernel configs > named with a 'D' that grumbled when command-line completion was now > thwart due to "DEFAULTS". >=20 > A very simple solution to this is to rename "DEFAULTS" to "_DEFAULTS". >=20 > One of the purposes for DEFAULTS was to semi-hide devices and options > that really aren't optional (unless you really know what you're doing) or > have POLA concerns so they would not be causally removed. So this name > change also puts this file to a different "name space" - and in fact may > better convey "there are no user serviceable parts in here". >=20 > Thoughts? On one level this seems reasonable, on another, I don't see the point since on ever platform kernels beginning with G or N have this issue and on i386 you add at least S and P to that list. It's slightly annoying, but IMO not terribly important and this doesn't actually solve more than 1/3 of the problem at best so I'm not convinced. -- Brooks --MAH+hnPXVZWQ5cD/ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFHMJPEXY6L6fI4GtQRAvA3AJ93d6yCIEbkX+MNq7brSFxGegtLpgCeOYXl G3HQx3/1eA3rcftyzdwe15Y= =5Qy2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --MAH+hnPXVZWQ5cD/--