Re: policy on GPL'd drivers?

From: M. Warner Losh <imp_at_bsdimp.com>
Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 03:17:17 -0600 (MDT)
In message: <200305281840.46645.doconnor_at_gsoft.com.au>
            "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor_at_gsoft.com.au> writes:
: 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.

The patch I started on is one way.  If all you want to do is build
additional modules, something akin to MODULES_OVERRIDE that worked
with absolute paths wouldn't be too horrible.  I think it would just
be a matter of setting MAKEOBJDIRPREIX a little better than we do now,
but it is late, and my brain could be wrong.

Warner
Received on Wed May 28 2003 - 00:17:49 UTC

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