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Date:      Mon, 2 Aug 2004 14:22:19 -0400
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        "David E. O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/modules Makefile
Message-ID:  <200408021422.19592.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <200408021814.i72IE6QJ030695@repoman.freebsd.org>
References:  <200408021814.i72IE6QJ030695@repoman.freebsd.org>

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On Monday 02 August 2004 02:14 pm, David E. O'Brien wrote:
> obrien      2004-08-02 18:14:06 UTC
>
>   FreeBSD src repository
>
>   Modified files:
>     sys/modules          Makefile
>   Log:
>   Don't build and install a mem.ko module.
>   Currently one cannot load the mem.ko module without panicing if mem is
>   compiled into the kernel and one cannot build a kernel w/o "device mem"
>   right now either.  Thus it is too dangerous to install mem.ko right now
>   because if one puts 'mem_load="YES"' in /etc/loader.conf they cannot
>   boot an "old" kernel (at the time that a kernel doesn't have to be built
>   with "device mem).
>
>   Revision  Changes    Path
>   1.388     +0 -1      src/sys/modules/Makefile

You need to file a bug report, not start a commit war.  Revert this commit and 
give Mark a chance of trying to fix this.

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