Date: Fri, 6 Jun 1997 20:45:07 +0000 (GMT) From: Adam David <adam@veda.is> To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith) Cc: dg@root.com, jkh@time.cdrom.com, ache@nagual.pp.ru, asami@cs.berkeley.edu, bde@zeta.org.au, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-etc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc/mtree BSD.include.dist Message-ID: <199706062045.UAA00265@veda.is> In-Reply-To: <199706060230.MAA29428@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> from Michael Smith at "Jun 6, 97 12:00:56 pm"
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> Adam David stands accused of saying: > > > Well, I disagree with you, Jordan. I think we should make the kernel > > > sources a mandatory part of the system and /usr/include/sys should be a > > > symlink. Please check your attribution better, it belongs further down. I guess you can blame blind/dumb software. > Count this as a resounding NO vote to the above. > > > > David Greenman > > > > Let me second this, and add the rationale that most people don't want to > > be running a kernel.GENERIC bloated with all kinds of drivers for devices > > they probably don't have (and not all drivers that they do need). > > This is contradicted by my experience and that of numerous other > posters over the years. Most users don't give a damn whether there > are extra drivers in their kernel; OTOH they generally get pretty pissed > if a driver they need _isn't_. According to this, most users are wasting precious memory. > > However, building a custom kernel will likely always be a typical operation > > during post-installation machine configuration. > > Don't make me laugh. It _might_ be, if the user/admin is particularly > paranoid, but believe me when I say that GENERIC is a lot more popular > than you seem to think. It is not a contest, and I think most would agree that both camps are significant. -- Adam David <adam@veda.is>
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