From owner-freebsd-current Sun Dec 27 10:21:50 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA19587 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Sun, 27 Dec 1998 10:21:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (critter.freebsd.dk [212.242.40.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA19571 for ; Sun, 27 Dec 1998 10:21:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by critter.freebsd.dk (8.9.1/8.8.5) with ESMTP id TAA68576; Sun, 27 Dec 1998 19:19:59 +0100 (CET) To: Mark Murray cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: wanton Atticizing is bad In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 27 Dec 1998 20:01:20 +0200." <199812271801.UAA38580@greenpeace.grondar.za> Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 19:19:58 +0100 Message-ID: <68574.914782798@critter.freebsd.dk> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >We now need (tr: I would like) some kind of "ports-like" mechanism >for kernel bits, such as example kld so devices can be written by >the general population _and_maintained_ as ports code (kinda like >the commercial sound driver). The major bit of this would be either the hopefully soon mature kld, or alternatively a hack to config so that you could add sys/i386/conf/files.d/files.foo sys/i386/conf/options.d/options.foo for some stuff named "foo", so that it would not involve editing system files. I agree that it is needed, and has been for a long time. Somebody working out something would be a great development. -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop." "ttyv0" -- What UNIX calls a $20K state-of-the-art, 3D, hi-res color terminal To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message