Re: policy on GPL'd drivers?

From: Daniel O'Connor <doconnor_at_gsoft.com.au>
Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 18:40:46 +0930
On Wed, 28 May 2003 18:39, M. Warner Losh wrote:
> : > : Maybe the kernel build stuff can look in /usr/local/src/sys/modules
> : > : for things to build or something..
> : >
> : > YUCK!
> :
> : *WHY?*
> :
> : I have asked this before BTW, and I haven't been told why it sucks.
>
> Because there are other, more elegant ways of dealing with these
> things.  I don't like /usr/local/src anything, which was the main
> complaint.

If there are more elegant solutions I would like to know what they are.

I agree it isn't a great solution, but I can't see what is better.

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