Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2000 12:59:22 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org> To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/modules/linux Makefile linux.8 linux.sh Message-ID: <20001102125922.E14424@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <200011021348.FAA60414@freefall.freebsd.org>; from sheldonh@FreeBSD.org on Thu, Nov 02, 2000 at 05:48:54AM -0800 References: <200011021348.FAA60414@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Thu, Nov 02, 2000 at 05:48:54AM -0800, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > Modified files: > sys/modules/linux Makefile > Removed files: > sys/modules/linux linux.8 linux.sh > Log: > Retire linux(8). Using shell scripts to load kernel loadable modules is > out of fashion. This particular case, unlike joy(8) and friends which > are just plain silly, did more than just load a kernel loadable module. > However, /etc/rc and the linux_base port were adjusted a while back to > cope with the absence of this script. Actually, I may just move the script to usr.sbin. When MFC'ing the MI/MD split of the Linux compat support, I was panicing kernels. So I turned off loading the KLD in rc.conf, and manually loaded it using ``linux'' (to get the Linux ldconfig run) when I was ready to test a new version of the KLD. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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