Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 10:44:38 -0700 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Cc: Josh Paetzel <jpaetzel@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org" <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: open-vm-tools in base Message-ID: <CANCZdfoFNH2CNvJKKsrPYO7ek%2Bnk6H5USiEGv6CwNdm3pdOwag@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20200110172541.GA6529@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> References: <46480be7-b1a1-4da8-97ea-c4b97b0b997c@www.fastmail.com> <20200110172541.GA6529@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
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On Fri, Jan 10, 2020 at 10:26 AM Steve Kargl < sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> wrote: > On Fri, Jan 10, 2020 at 09:55:23AM -0600, Josh Paetzel wrote: > > > > There is some precedent for this. Driver(s?) that were once a > > part of the tools have been moved to base already. The VMXNET3 > > driver is an example of this. > > > > There is also precedent for removing a working driver from > base and putting it into ports. See drm2. > Not the best example to cite as there's been a lot of bumps with that and the future distribution model is unclear to me. Warner
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