GSOC: Qt front-ends

[Lars Engels]

On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 01:25:46AM -0700, Adrian Chadd wrote:
> .. or we could just bite the bullet and split GENERIC into GENERIC
> (which would have modules for everything) and GENERIC_NOMODULES.
> 
> Then just populate a default module list that goes into /boot/loader.conf.

No, the list must be in kld_list="" in rc.conf.
If you add all the modules to loader.conf you can drink a coffee while
the system boots.

> 
> If you're even more evil, you could populate a module list that goes
> into /boot/<kernel>/module.conf.default, and then allow that to be
> overridden.
> 
> Point is - a modular kernel works, right now. What we're missing is a
> way to load them at boot time by the bootloader. Well, enough of them
> to bring up the system so the rest can be autoloaded as needed.
> 
> _That_ whole mess would be a great GSoC project.

+1
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