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>>
>> a) It'd be nice if we could move quirks to some sysctl or hints format
>> to get out of this tail chasing business.
>>
>>
> There are other databases besides quirks that'd be good to make more
> flexible.  Wonder if splitting them into modules would be an
> improvement?  Not as good as a sysctl or a hint but it would allow
> changing a GENERIC kernel w/o rebuilding.

If people can't set it via the OK prompt, that's a problem.

If you just do a module, all you're doing is moving compiled code from 
one place to another. IMO.