On Sat, 12 Jul 1997, Bill Studenmund wrote:
> If I could maybe suggest that we either collect common sets of patches on
> ftp.netbsd.org and/or puma, or we throw them in the tree wrapped in
> #ifdef OPTION_WHATEVER. I understand Scott's concern that a lot of this
> stuff can be on the harry edge, and might break people's machines. By
> using #ifdef's a lot, we can do a poor-man's CVS branch trick; you only
> use the new code if you ask for it.

Sounds like a good idea to me :) The #ifdefs might make the code too ugly
in some cases though, so perhaps patches would be best in those cases. The
AV video thing is already #ifdef'ed, BTW, although not in a form that can
be enabled by an "options WHATEVER" line in your kernel config... there's
an "#ifdef notyet" in locore.s, just change it to "#if 1" to enable it. 
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