From owner-cvs-all Fri Aug 7 03:03:31 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from daemon@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id DAA11703 for cvs-all-outgoing; Fri, 7 Aug 1998 03:03:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-cvs-all) Received: from cimlogic.com.au (cimlog.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.51.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id DAA11575; Fri, 7 Aug 1998 03:02:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jb@cimlogic.com.au) Received: (from jb@localhost) by cimlogic.com.au (8.8.8/8.8.7) id UAA04519; Fri, 7 Aug 1998 20:07:37 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from jb) From: John Birrell Message-Id: <199808071007.UAA04519@cimlogic.com.au> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/alpha/conf GENERIC In-Reply-To: from =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Dag=2DErling_Coidan_Sm=F8rgrav?= at "Aug 7, 98 11:57:52 am" To: dag-erli@ifi.uio.no (Dag-Erling Coidan =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?=) Date: Fri, 7 Aug 1998 20:07:36 +1000 (EST) Cc: jb@cimlogic.com.au, dfr@nlsystems.com, dfr@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL40 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Dag-Erling Coidan Smørgrav wrote: > They won't if you use separate kernel idents (e.g. "GENERIC_I386"and > "GENERIC_ALPHA" instead of "GENERIC"). That's true, but using a different sub-directory would stop people like me from shooting themselves in the foot. Schlumberger engineers with know the term Group 7 for lost time. (For non-Schlumberger engineers, it means "lost time due to engineer's mistake"). -- John Birrell - jb@cimlogic.com.au; jb@freebsd.org http://www.cimlogic.com.au/ CIMlogic Pty Ltd, GPO Box 117A, Melbourne Vic 3001, Australia +61 418 353 137