On 11/08/2011 09:33, Scott Long wrote: > > On Nov 8, 2011, at 7:52 AM, O. Hartmann wrote: > >> Am 11/08/11 14:31, schrieb Chuck Burns: >>> On Tuesday, November 08, 2011 02:12:58 PM Niclas Zeising wrote: >>>> From my understanding of things, the DEFAULTS kernel configuration file >>>> is automatically included into the build by config(8). There is no need >>>> to include it into the generic using the "include" statement. It was >>>> first added 6 years ago, on October 27 2005. >>>> Regards! >>> >>> Not sure if you already know this, or not but another thing to keep in mind, >>> if a module is not mentioned, or is commented out, then it will still be >>> built, just not included into the monolithic kernel. >>> >>> If you were already aware of this, then my apologies. >>> >>> Chuck >> >> >> Hello. >> >> well, I'm aware of that, but it doesn't matter. As long as I do not use >> a broken or commented out module, it is all right. >> >> I was a little bit surprised having options already set I never set in >> the usual config file named after the host's name or GENERIC. >> >> And for FBSD 10.0/amd64, it has been started to use a VFS-option for >> loading thread safe filesystems. >> > > I've never liked that DEFAULTS is magically invisible. I know that the intention was to keep users from shooting their feet off by accidentally excluding it from their configs, but I think it creates more confusion that it solves. +1 on both counts -- "We could put the whole Internet into a book." "Too practical." Breadth of IT experience, and depth of knowledge in the DNS. Yours for the right price. :) http://SupersetSolutions.com/Received on Tue Nov 08 2011 - 18:50:26 UTC
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