/sys/conf is getting unwieldy to handle...

[Martin Nilsson]

Max Laier wrote:
> Yet, there is a bit more to it. It would (imo) also involve some thinking 
> about the way we build modules (there is a TODO item "revised kld build 
> infrastructure" that seems to cover that part) 

Are there any really good reasons why we build lots of modules and most 
users uses kernels with nearly everything compiled in. Isn't it time to 
make GENERIC really small, just include what can't be loaded as modules 
and make loader.conf and the rc scripts load the rest? Of course this 
requres a stable module ABI and no use of options that break this.

/Martin

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