A proposal

[Joe Nosay]

On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 12:14 PM, Allan Jude <freebsd at allanjude.com> wrote:

> On 2014-03-29 09:21, Joe Nosay wrote:
> > On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 9:11 AM, Steve Kargl <
> > sgk at troutmask.apl.washington.edu> wrote:
> >
> >> On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 10:29:23AM +0100, Lars Engels wrote:
> >>> On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 10:52:49PM -0700, Steve Kargl wrote:
> >>>> On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 01:46:15AM -0400, Joe Nosay wrote:
> >>>>> On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 1:43 AM, Allan Jude <freebsd at allanjude.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> On 2014-03-29 01:22, Joe Nosay wrote:
> >>>>>>> I have noticed that options VPS, VIMAGE, and MROUTING are not
> >> standard
> >>>>>> for
> >>>>>>> the kernel with a base install. Is there any way that these can be
> >> made a
> >>>>>>> part of the normal kernel so that jail(s) would get the full
> benefit
> >>>>>>> without a kernel recompile?
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> VIMAGE has some problems with PF. Martin Matu ska said at AsiaBSDCon
> >>>>>> that he had a patch that solves the issue.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Really, you say? That's good news.
> >>>>> So, will those options soon be standard for a first time install?
> >>>>
> >>>> Certainly, hope not.  I don't use any of options.
> >>>
> >>> So you use all the other devices and options of the GENERIC kernel?
> >>
> >> Of course, not.  Not sure how you inferred such a thing.
> >>
> >> IMHO, GENERIC should contain only those devices and options
> >> that are required to get FreeBSD booted on new hardware.
> >> VIMAGE and MROUTING aren't needed, and can be configured by
> >> the user after installation.  As for VPS, AFAICT, there isn't
> >> an option/device named VPS; at least 'find /sys/ -type f | xargs
> >> grep VPS' wasn't too enlightening.
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Steve
> >>
> >
> >
> > http://www.7he.at/freebsd/vps/announcements/
> >
> >
> > Booyah. It exists.
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>
> VPS only exists in a project branch, and is not nearly in a state to be
> included in GENERIC
>
> And I don't see a compelling reason to have MROUTING in GENERIC either.
>
> --
> Allan Jude
>
>

VIMAGE?