Date: Fri, 26 Sep 1997 04:09:08 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: scrappy@hub.org (The Hermit Hacker) Cc: tlambert@primenet.com, karl@Mcs.Net, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT TO ALL 'CURRENT' USERS... Message-ID: <199709260409.VAA00555@usr05.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96.970925204127.220o-100000@thelab.hub.org> from "The Hermit Hacker" at Sep 25, 97 08:41:59 pm
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> > then you need to get the sources in /usr/src/usr.sbin/config, and > > rebuild "config". > > Hrmmm...I always considered this to be "standard operating procedure" > when upgrading my kernel: check to make sure config sources haven't > changed *Shrug* I always considered config to be wasteful, now that it's possible to include or not include modules and have them dynamically register themselves via SYSINIT() simply by deciding that you will/won't link that particular object into the kernel. Once ELF is there, modules can go into different sections, and an ELF object archiver can configure/deconfigure modules without even needing to relink the darned things. *Shrug* 8-) Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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