Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 19:22:15 +0200 From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no> To: joelh@gnu.org Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problem resolutions... Message-ID: <19980522192215.41330@follo.net> In-Reply-To: <199805221631.LAA22234@detlev.UUCP>; from Joel Ray Holveck on Fri, May 22, 1998 at 11:31:00AM -0500 References: <3150.895815705@time.cdrom.com> <35655743.DF617E85@mail.nycap.rr.com> <19980522130933.09755@follo.net> <199805221631.LAA22234@detlev.UUCP>
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On Fri, May 22, 1998 at 11:31:00AM -0500, Joel Ray Holveck wrote: > > > First 'make world', then kernel. Almost always true. (There may be > > specific cases where you should get away from the kernel because it eats > > filesystems or something...) > > Why is that? I would expect some execs to depend on kernel features, > not vice versa. Kernel is dependent on 'config', and sometimes mount etc (has happened a couple of times.) It is cheaper to maintain compatibility in userspace than in the kernel, thus that is where we put the compatibility layer. Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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