Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 14:09:36 -0700 (PDT) From: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> To: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>, alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [ alpha ] supplement to beast becoming available (fwd) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0107131409080.74809-100000@beppo> In-Reply-To: <20010713114304.A68294@dragon.nuxi.com>
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On Fri, 13 Jul 2001, David O'Brien wrote: > On Fri, Jul 13, 2001 at 10:51:41AM -0700, Matthew Jacob wrote: > > We could, but: > > We could what? Nuke GENERIC.hints. > > > #To statically compile in device wiring instead of /boot/device.hints > > #hints "GENERIC.hints" > > Note that hints are still compiled into the kernel even with the above > line commented out, if GENERIC.hints in the directory with GENERIC (or > maybe it is `.'). The hints compiled in this way, have a "lower > priority" associated with them; but they can still get in the way. I > really don't like this 'feature' of including hints if the file exists > w/o a "hints" include directive. But it seems Peter got bullied into > doing things this way. > That I didn't know. I guess your way is right then. -matt To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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