RFC: MK_BLOBS build option

[Garrett Cooper]

On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 12:18 PM, Robert Millan <rmh at freebsd.org> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I propose this build option so that users can select if they want to disable
> blobs of binary code in their kernel.  Currently Debian does this by patching
> the build system; having a build option would make things much easier, but
> it can also be useful for users whose preference is not to install those
> modules.
>
> Description:
>
>  Add MK_BLOBS build option. Setting MK_BLOBS to "no" will disable kernel
>  modules that include binary-only blobs of code.
>
>  More fine-grained control is provided via MK_BLOBS_HOST (for native code
>  that runs on host CPU) and MK_BLOBS_UCODE (for microcode).

What is the goal that you're trying to achieve? Is it policy based?
For reducing the kernel size? Etc?
Thanks,
-Garrett