> > Module Name: src > > Committed By: jym > > Date: Thu Feb 10 16:49:19 UTC 2011 > > > > Modified Files: > > src/sys/arch/i386/conf: INSTALL > > > > Log Message: > > For i386, include MONOLITHIC for INSTALL rather than GENERIC. While here, > > remove drm drivers, we don't need them for install. > > > > i386 GENERIC has FFS and ELF support compiled as modules, so we hit > > an interesting "chicken-egg" situation when the kernel attempts to mount > > a ffs ramdisk, while the module might be contained inside... the ramdisk. > > I'm not 100% sure it is worth having FFS and ELF support as modules > in GENERIC. > It may be nice that they CAN be modules, but I suspect 99.99% of systems > will need them. > Anyone who wants them as modules can build a kernel without them.
i strongly agree with this.