cvs commit: src/sys/modules Makefile

Tom Rhodes trhodes at FreeBSD.org
Fri Aug 18 23:16:11 UTC 2006


On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 16:12:16 +0200
des at des.no (Dag-Erling Smørgrav) wrote:

> Christian Brueffer <brueffer at FreeBSD.org> writes:
> >   Log:
> >   Follow the lead of mxgb(4) and build the module for ixgb(4).
> >   
> >   Originally it wasn't enabled since the hardware wasn't commonplace,
> >   but as 10GE hardware is becoming more widely used, building the module
> >   by default should be beneficial.
> 
> I don't understand the reasoning for the previous state.  What does it
> matter how common the hardware is?  If the driver is in the tree, it
> should be built.

And I think you explained exactly why he changed it.  ;)

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Tom Rhodes


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