re: CVS commit: src/sys/arch/i386/conf

[matthew green <mrg%eterna.com.au@localhost>]

> > Module Name:        src
> > Committed By:       jym
> > Date:               Thu Feb 10 16:49:19 UTC 2011
> > 
> > Modified Files:
> >     src/sys/arch/i386/conf: INSTALL
> > 
> > Log Message:
> > For i386, include MONOLITHIC for INSTALL rather than GENERIC. While here,
> > remove drm drivers, we don't need them for install.
> > 
> > i386 GENERIC has FFS and ELF support compiled as modules, so we hit
> > an interesting "chicken-egg" situation when the kernel attempts to mount
> > a ffs ramdisk, while the module might be contained inside... the ramdisk.
> 
> I'm not 100% sure it is worth having FFS and ELF support as modules
> in GENERIC.
> It may be nice that they CAN be modules, but I suspect 99.99% of systems
> will need them.
> Anyone who wants them as modules can build a kernel without them.


i strongly agree with this.