Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 19:25:44 +0100 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> To: Brian Feldman <green@unixhelp.org> Cc: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: wanton Atticizing is bad Message-ID: <68621.914783144@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 27 Dec 1998 13:07:07 EST." <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812271304310.6613-100000@janus.syracuse.net>
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>> 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 > >Agree, MORE than wholeheartedly! I was thinking of proposing converting these >older drivers to modules in ports, with the associated utilities, but I thought >it would be too risque to propose. It probably is, seeing as noone wants to >maintain these drivers let alone modularize them. The ports idea brings a >question though: what do we do about device majors? Make DEVFS standard. -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop." "ttyv0" -- What UNIX calls a $20K state-of-the-art, 3D, hi-res color terminal To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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