policy on GPL'd drivers?

[Michael Edenfield]

* Scott Long <scott_long at btc.adaptec.com> [030527 23:51]:

> >I am thinking of ports like rtc, ltmdm or Vmware here.. where it is not
> >uncommon that they require reinstalling after an upgrade. I have
> >experienced kernel panics on several occasions from out of date vmware
> >kernel modules.
> 
> I'm really of the opinion that these ports should either live in the
> sys/ tree, or that magic should be devised to make sure that they are
> built along with the rest of the modules.

Wouldn't it be sufficient to simply install the port modules into 
/boot/kernel instead of /usr/local/wherever/it/goes/now?  I 
understand why most aren't put there now, due to the seperation of 
base system from ports etc.  But I would the benefits of violating 
that principle outweigh the detriments: each time you reinstall your 
kernel, /boot/kernel is moved out of the way... taking all the 
outdated modules with it.  Your port modules would fail to load, not 
being in the right place, but that's far better than a panic.

--Mike
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