From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri May 22 10:22:36 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA00174 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Fri, 22 May 1998 10:22:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns1.yes.no (ns1.yes.no [195.119.24.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA00154 for ; Fri, 22 May 1998 10:22:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from eivind@bitbox.follo.net) Received: from bitbox.follo.net (bitbox.follo.net [195.204.143.218]) by ns1.yes.no (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id RAA25715; Fri, 22 May 1998 17:22:24 GMT Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) id TAA01032; Fri, 22 May 1998 19:22:16 +0200 (MET DST) Message-ID: <19980522192215.41330@follo.net> Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 19:22:15 +0200 From: Eivind Eklund To: joelh@gnu.org Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problem resolutions... References: <3150.895815705@time.cdrom.com> <35655743.DF617E85@mail.nycap.rr.com> <19980522130933.09755@follo.net> <199805221631.LAA22234@detlev.UUCP> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89.1i In-Reply-To: <199805221631.LAA22234@detlev.UUCP>; from Joel Ray Holveck on Fri, May 22, 1998 at 11:31:00AM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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