From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Mar 20 18:13:22 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id SAA17654 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 20 Mar 1997 18:13:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA17645 for ; Thu, 20 Mar 1997 18:13:18 -0800 (PST) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id MAA11202; Fri, 21 Mar 1997 12:42:29 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199703210212.MAA11202@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Kernel Object Dependencies In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19970320102225.00b1e8c0@etinc.com> from dennis at "Mar 20, 97 10:22:28 am" To: dennis@etinc.com (dennis) Date: Fri, 21 Mar 1997 12:42:29 +1030 (CST) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk dennis stands accused of saying: > >> >> > >> >> filename.o: $S/i386/isa/filename.o > >> >> -cp $S/i386/isa/filename.o . > > > >Gotcha. Should it be 'cp' or 'ln -sf' do you think? A symlink will give > >you the dependancy behaviour automatically as the kernel dependancy rule > >will include the driver, and you save space too. > > Yes, thats how BSDI does it...although links dont let you test patched > modules as easily without having to overwrite the other one..... So you're saying you prefer 'cp'? So far you're the only consumer of this that I'm aware of, so your opinion gets to call the shots 8) > Thanks, I'll give it a try... Any luck? > Dennis -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[