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Date:      Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:33:08 -0800
From:      perryh@pluto.rain.com
To:        bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net
Cc:        Alexander@Leidinger.net, stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Reducing the need to compile a custom kernel
Message-ID:  <4f368a34.rIGc5BVL5Vu8OIjl%perryh@pluto.rain.com>
In-Reply-To: <5B8B698D-6DC0-4334-8617-4EDEC7973D9D@lists.zabbadoz.net>
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"Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net> wrote:

> various parts of the network stack being loadable, which is not
> as easy as it sounds, especially making them unloadable again
> currently ...

Seems to me unloadability does not matter to the case under
discussion, which is modularizing the kernel to reduce the
number of cases in which a custom kernel is needed.  How much
real functional difference is there between "built in" and
"loaded permanently at boot"?



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