Date: Sun, 7 Jan 1996 09:05:40 +0800 (WST) From: Peter Wemm <peter@jhome.DIALix.COM> To: =?KOI8-R?Q?=E1=CE=C4=D2=C5=CA_=FE=C5=D2=CE=CF=D7?= <ache@astral.msk.su> Cc: CVS-committers@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-user@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lkm Makefile Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960107085707.771G-100000@jhome.DIALix.COM> In-Reply-To: <hCifmxmOH1@ache.dialup.ru>
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On Sun, 7 Jan 1996, =?KOI8-R?Q?=E1=CE=C4=D2=C5=CA_=FE=C5=D2=CE=CF=D7?= wrote: > > Detach fpu and gnufpu from Makefile.. These lkm's build (or used to) > > but are not quite useable. (fpu is used by init, and process switch > > apparently..) > > When they are enabled, people are sure that they at least compiles > when yet one kernel change occurse. If you disable them, chance > to detect compile failures becomes very little... > What wrong happens if they are enabled/installed even not functional? In a nutshell: - if you needed them, you can't boot to load them. (can't switch processes) - the gnufpu module isn't exactly quick to compile. - the code compilability is already tested as part of the LINT kernel. - we need some pretty major work before we even have a chance that it'll work, and by then they'll probably need look quite different to what they are now. Besides, I hate waiting for something compile that can't yet be used.. :-) Cheers, -Peter
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