From owner-freebsd-current Sun Dec 27 15:04:21 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA14151 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Sun, 27 Dec 1998 15:04:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles315.castles.com [208.214.167.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA14146 for ; Sun, 27 Dec 1998 15:04:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (LOCALHOST [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA05423; Sun, 27 Dec 1998 14:57:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199812272257.OAA05423@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Mark Murray cc: Poul-Henning Kamp , current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: wanton Atticizing is bad In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 27 Dec 1998 20:01:20 +0200." <199812271801.UAA38580@greenpeace.grondar.za> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 14:57:24 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > We now need (tr: I would like) some kind of "ports-like" mechanism > for kernel bits, such as example kld so devices can be written by > the general population _and_maintained_ as ports code (kinda like > the commercial sound driver). The "ultimate goal" for KLD modules is for them to be able to be built standalone. If your KLD doesn't require intimate knowledge of the internals of the kernel, then that's already quite feasible. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message