Date: Tue, 26 Sep 1995 05:50:55 +1000 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: bde@zeta.org.au, terry@lambert.org Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG, fenner@parc.xerox.com Subject: Re: kernel versions and config's rm -rf Message-ID: <199509251950.FAA29047@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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>> >I'm wondering at the existance of compile time optioning in the first >> >place. Really, it exists because the device driver and other subsystems >> >don't have explicit registration mechanisms that don't depend on static >> >data. >> >> No, it exists because static configuration is easier to implement and >> has less bloat. >Why wasn't it use for IP forwarding and TCP/IP RFC 1323 and RFC 1644 >compliance configuration, then? They were introduced in the 1990's by 1990's-aware authors. Bruce
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