Personally, I don't think that's a bad idea, I never had trouble going to
/usr/src/sys/modules and doing a make depend then make then make install,
but I guess it'd be nicer if everything just compiled when I built my
kernel, and better yet, it would be nice to have it make the
"modules.old" directory somewhere.
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On Mon, 24 Apr 2000, Brandon D. Valentine wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Apr 2000, Kenneth Wayne Culver wrote:
>
> >I believe that it depends on what changes were made since the last
> >recompile, although it is good practice to at least recompile the modules
> >when the kernel is recompiled.
>
> In my opinion the best way to handle things like this is to add a
> modules target to the kernel Makefile which would call
> src/sys/modules/Makefile and allow users who would perhaps never venture
> into src/sys except when heading straight for src/sys/i386/conf to
> easily update their modules. It makes little sense to have modules
> under src/sys and in the src-sys collection if the only time they are
> routinely rebuilt is through a complete make world. Isn't the idea of
> having a seperate Makefile for src/sys so that *all* kernel level code
> can be recompiled and/or updated without the user having to possess all
> of src or knowledge of the world process? I know I'm not the first
> person to raise the issue, but I don't think I should be the last
> either. I think it's a sound architectual decision and 100% inline with
> FreeBSD's commitment to accomodate users of all skill levels.
>
> Brandon D. Valentine
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