From owner-freebsd-current Sun Aug 27 22:33: 4 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from ego.mind.net (ego.mind.net [206.99.66.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB0E437B422 for ; Sun, 27 Aug 2000 22:33:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from takhus-home.ashlandfn.org (AFN-Dynamic-22081.ashlandfiber.net [208.46.220.81] (may be forged)) by ego.mind.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA05576 for ; Sun, 27 Aug 2000 22:32:59 -0700 Received: from localhost (fleisher@localhost) by takhus-home.ashlandfn.org (8.11.0/8.11.0) with ESMTP id e7S5WwJ00746 for ; Sun, 27 Aug 2000 22:32:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from takhus@takhus.mind.net) X-Authentication-Warning: takhus-home.ashlandfn.org: fleisher owned process doing -bs Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 22:32:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Tony Fleisher X-Sender: fleisher@takhus-home.ashlandfn.org To: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: hints static wiring In-Reply-To: <20000827184037.A22500@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Just a suggestion, but isn't this the type of thing that should be added to UPDATING? "This file contains a list, in reverse chronologocal order, of major breakages in tracking -current." TOny. On Sun, 27 Aug 2000, Brooks Davis wrote: > On Sun, Aug 27, 2000 at 09:33:21PM +0900, Motomichi Matsuzaki wrote: > > > > When kernel is built with static device wiring > > (i.e. 'hints' line is enabled in the config file), > > is /boot/device.hints required? > > > > Doing 'make install' without /boot/device.hints is failed, > > saying "You must set up a /boot/device.hints file first." > > Is this right? > > You should read cvs-all. There was a commit by Peter which forces you > to install a /boot/device.hints file to install a kernel as an anti-foot > shooting measure. An empty file (ie touch /boot/device.hints) is > acceptable for those who don't want to use a hints file. > > -- Brooks > > -- > Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message