Re: policy on GPL'd drivers?

From: Daniel O'Connor <doconnor_at_gsoft.com.au>
Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 09:17:21 +0930
On Wed, 28 May 2003 18:41, M. Warner Losh wrote:
> : > the machine that built it, and not potentially somewhere else? What
> : > about sysinstall upgrades that don't require src?
> :
> : Well, I am not 100% sure how the module building process works, but some
> : analog of how it happens for things in sys/modules would be nice..
>
> That is what is happening for the ports (or was last time I looked).

In general yes, the ports are written like that, but I think rebuilding it 
directly from installed sources makes more sense.

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