Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 12:30:11 +0900 From: Kazutaka YOKOTA <yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Cc: yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp Subject: Re: syscons extension: "propellers" Message-ID: <199912150330.MAA06313@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 14 Dec 1999 13:26:11 PST." <49477.945206771@zippy.cdrom.com> References: <49477.945206771@zippy.cdrom.com>
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>> I'm not yet 100% convinced that it would make sense to separate >> the propellers code into a module. Is 5 Kbyte of kernel code >> really that much of a problem? Please note that > >I certainly wouldn't argue this based on size, no. To understand the >point I was arguing, consider what would have been the case if the >very first screen saver had been hacked straight into syscons rather >than making it an optional component. We'd probably have 2 or 3 [...] >So I see it with "propellers" - they're an optional feature component >and there should be a way of bolting such optional features into >syscons without having to recompile the kernel. It's not a question >of size, it's a question of design and flexibility and I can argue >from such a purist's perspective because I'm not doing any of the work >involved and it's thus really easy to do so. :-) I am looking at Oliver Fromme's code. It is interesting. I am currently preparing the final stage of syscons clean-up (which was outlined a year ago), and will think about reasonably generalized way of adding extentions to syscons. Kazu PS: As for screen savers, there have been a plan to move screen savers out of the kernel to userland. A part of the necessary infrastructure is there, but it's not fininished... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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