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Date:      Mon, 29 Nov 1999 15:50:55 -0800
From:      Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org>
To:        Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>
Cc:        Warner Losh <imp@village.org>, Dan Moschuk <dan@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/conf files.i386 src/sys/kern kern_fork.c src/sys/libkern arc4random.c src/sys/sys libkern.h 
Message-ID:  <199911292350.PAA01821@mass.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 29 Nov 1999 14:02:46 PST." <199911292202.OAA09817@apollo.backplane.com> 

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> :
> :I grow concerned about the number of kernel OPTIONS that we have.  how
> :many bytes are we saving here by making it an option?  If it is less
> :than 1k, don't bother.
> :
> :Warner
> 
>     We throw away the device market entirely if we do that.

Not really.  What's wrong at the moment is that the implementation of 
most options is poorly thought out; they're compile-time rather than 
link-time items.

-- 
\\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\  Mike Smith
\\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself,  \\  msmith@freebsd.org
\\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime.             \\  msmith@cdrom.com




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