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Date:      Fri, 15 Jun 2001 00:04:35 -0400 (EDT)
From:      "Andrew R. Reiter" <arr@watson.org>
To:        John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   RE: sysorg: sys/modules
Message-ID:  <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1010615000243.39391A-100000@fledge.watson.org>
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.010614150810.jhb@FreeBSD.org>

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On Thu, 14 Jun 2001, John Baldwin wrote:

> make sys/modules obsolete.  However, it would be good if all the code (screen
> savers, etc.) moved out of sys/modules and into more appropriate locations.
> Also, there's no good reason why things like screen savers can't be compiled
> into a static kernel as well.

I'd like to see the ability for certain pieces of the kernel to be
compiled as KLDs in the config file.  Then, there could be a somewhat
clean movement from sys/modules -> sys/<whereever appropriate>...  perhaps
this suggestion is no good?

Andrew

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| Andrew R. Reiter 
| arr@fledge.watson.org
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