Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2002 23:15:48 -0600 (MDT) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@village.org> To: grog@FreeBSD.org Cc: phk@critter.freebsd.dk, jhb@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Feature removal without replacement Message-ID: <20020409.231548.56168135.imp@village.org> In-Reply-To: <20020410143519.B22430@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <20020410095141.M9535@wantadilla.lemis.com> <2239.1018414793@critter.freebsd.dk> <20020410143519.B22430@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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"Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog@FreeBSD.org> writes:
: On Wednesday, 10 April 2002 at 6:59:53 +0200, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
: > In message <20020410095141.M9535@wantadilla.lemis.com>, "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" w
: > rites:
: >
: >> Why do we need to cut Uesrconfig out until there's some replacement?
: >
: > Suggest you revisit the cvs log for a blow by blow account.
:
: Which one? And why can't you summarize.
Look at the config changes that moved things from being in a funky
format to using the hints to get its config information, and the
corresponding changes to various parts of the kernel. The structure
that USERCONFIG was built on was torn down around it as the hints
mechanism was added.
: >> Specifically, what do people do when they're installing the system
: >> from CD on an old ISA machine? It looks like they're stuck.
: >
: > They uses the loader and their hints file.
:
: Is that documented? This looks very much like hand-washing to me.
It is as documented as the hints mechanism in current is documented.
which is what makes it archane and prompted my archane comment.
Warner
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