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Re: CVS commit: src/share/man/man4



On Fri, Sep 02, 2011 at 11:23:08PM -0700, John Nemeth wrote:
>      In NetBSD, GENERIC kernels generally contain everything that could
> possibly be useful and doesn't cause problems (some newer drivers are
> buggy, some interfere with other devices, and some have caused damage
> to hardware).  This means the question is very simple:  is the driver
> brand new, or does it cause problems in some way?  If the answer is no
> to both questions, then the driver is included; there are no other
> factors to the decision.  Note that "cause problems in some way" does
> not include consuming resources such as wired kernel memory.

So if everything is clear and rational, care to explain why for instance
GATEWAY and IPSEC are commented out? And as said, my drivers will be an
exception.

- Jukka.


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