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Date:      Fri, 7 Aug 1998 20:07:36 +1000 (EST)
From:      John Birrell  <jb@cimlogic.com.au>
To:        dag-erli@ifi.uio.no (Dag-Erling Coidan =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?=)
Cc:        jb@cimlogic.com.au, dfr@nlsystems.com, dfr@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/alpha/conf GENERIC
Message-ID:  <199808071007.UAA04519@cimlogic.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <xzp1zqtp10f.fsf@hrotti.ifi.uio.no> from =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Dag=2DErling_Coidan_Sm=F8rgrav?= at "Aug 7, 98 11:57:52 am"

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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



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