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Subject: Re: Trimming the default /boot/device.hints
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on 06/02/2009 16:37 John Baldwin said the following:
> 
> Yes, it only needs the hint for it to be a console device.
> 

I am slightly confused as to how that hint works then, it's not like a
standard isa hint it seems.
Can it somehow be built-in (into the code)?

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Andriy Gapon