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Cc: Kostik Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com>, Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org>,
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Subject: Re: RFC: MK_BLOBS build option
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On 1/22/12 12:18 PM, Robert Millan wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I propose this build option so that users can select if they want to disable
> blobs of binary code in their kernel.  Currently Debian does this by patching
> the build system; having a build option would make things much easier, but
> it can also be useful for users whose preference is not to install those
> modules.
>
> Description:
>
>    Add MK_BLOBS build option. Setting MK_BLOBS to "no" will disable kernel
>    modules that include binary-only blobs of code.
>
>    More fine-grained control is provided via MK_BLOBS_HOST (for native code
>    that runs on host CPU) and MK_BLOBS_UCODE (for microcode).
>
> Please comment!

technically it's ok, but,..  why?