From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Nov 29 04:32:08 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA25634 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Sun, 29 Nov 1998 04:32:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from tim.xenologics.com (tim.xenologics.com [194.77.5.24]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id EAA25617 for ; Sun, 29 Nov 1998 04:31:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from seggers@semyam.dinoco.de) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by tim.xenologics.com (8.8.5/8.8.8) with UUCP id NAA20172; Sun, 29 Nov 1998 13:30:39 +0100 (MET) Received: from semyam.dinoco.de (semyam.dinoco.de [127.0.0.1]) by semyam.dinoco.de (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA06496; Sun, 29 Nov 1998 13:16:12 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from seggers@semyam.dinoco.de) Message-Id: <199811291216.NAA06496@semyam.dinoco.de> To: Dennis cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, seggers@semyam.dinoco.de Subject: Re: vnode_if.c wont compile -FIXED, BUT? In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 28 Nov 1998 13:43:19 EST." <199811281345.NAA00334@etinc.com> Date: Sun, 29 Nov 1998 13:16:11 +0100 From: Stefan Eggers Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > I do notice that 'config XXXXX" doesnt scrub the directory anymore, is this > a good thing? For me definitely yes. Imagine you decide to add a new device driver or tune some parameter in the kernel's configuration. Now you just have to compile the driver's source and link a kernel. Previously you had to recompile the whole kernel to do that. Stefan. -- Stefan Eggers Lu4 yao2 zhi1 ma3 li4, Max-Slevogt-Str. 1 ri4 jiu3 jian4 ren2 xin1. 51109 Koeln Federal Republic of Germany To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message