From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 8 18:05:21 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 677181065670 for ; Tue, 8 Nov 2011 18:05:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from scottl@samsco.org) Received: from pooker.samsco.org (pooker.samsco.org [168.103.85.57]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 276328FC12 for ; Tue, 8 Nov 2011 18:05:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (pooker.samsco.org [168.103.85.57]) (authenticated bits=0) by pooker.samsco.org (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id pA8HXM7h097975; Tue, 8 Nov 2011 10:33:22 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from scottl@samsco.org) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Scott Long In-Reply-To: <4EB9422B.1080909@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de> Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2011 10:33:21 -0700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <00E1440E-FFEB-4701-849F-86BBDEEABD31@samsco.org> References: <4EB9142D.3090705@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <4EB92ADA.6080309@daemonic.se> <30719078.XD2KNDdpQA@funbeast> <4EB9422B.1080909@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de> To: "O. Hartmann" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) X-Spam-Status: No, score=-50.0 required=3.8 tests=ALL_TRUSTED, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=unavailable version=3.3.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.0 (2010-01-18) on pooker.samsco.org Cc: Chuck Burns , freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /sys/amd64/conf/DEFAULTS X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2011 18:05:21 -0000 On Nov 8, 2011, at 7:52 AM, O. Hartmann wrote: > Am 11/08/11 14:31, schrieb Chuck Burns: >> On Tuesday, November 08, 2011 02:12:58 PM Niclas Zeising wrote: >>> =46rom my understanding of things, the DEFAULTS kernel configuration = file >>> is automatically included into the build by config(8). There is no = need >>> to include it into the generic using the "include" statement. It was >>> first added 6 years ago, on October 27 2005. >>> Regards! >>=20 >> Not sure if you already know this, or not but another thing to keep = in mind,=20 >> if a module is not mentioned, or is commented out, then it will still = be=20 >> built, just not included into the monolithic kernel. >>=20 >> If you were already aware of this, then my apologies. >>=20 >> Chuck >=20 >=20 > Hello. >=20 > well, I'm aware of that, but it doesn't matter. As long as I do not = use > a broken or commented out module, it is all right. >=20 > I was a little bit surprised having options already set I never set in > the usual config file named after the host's name or GENERIC. >=20 > And for FBSD 10.0/amd64, it has been started to use a VFS-option for > loading thread safe filesystems. >=20 I've never liked that DEFAULTS is magically invisible. I know that the = intention was to keep users from shooting their feet off by accidentally = excluding it from their configs, but I think it creates more confusion = that it solves. Scott