From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Apr 28 22:47:45 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id WAA09036 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 28 Apr 1995 22:47:45 -0700 Received: from skynet.ctr.columbia.edu (skynet.ctr.columbia.edu [128.59.64.70]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id WAA09030 for ; Fri, 28 Apr 1995 22:47:41 -0700 Received: (from wpaul@localhost) by skynet.ctr.columbia.edu (8.6.8/8.6.6) id AAA02944; Sat, 29 Apr 1995 00:44:29 -0400 From: "House of Debuggin'" Message-Id: <199504290444.AAA02944@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu> Subject: Re: What I'd *really like* for 2.0.5 To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Date: Sat, 29 Apr 1995 00:44:25 -0400 (EDT) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <11199.799133365@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at Apr 28, 95 10:29:25 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1501 Sender: hackers-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk They say this Jordan K. Hubbard person was kidding when he wrote: > > > With the advent of userconfig, I'm for removing them. Now you can use > > userconfig to see what drivers you have in your kernel. > > > > Lets kill them now. > > If no one else argues vehemently, I say we should go for it. Yes! Kill them now! Kill them now! (Forgive me if I sound a bit rabid: I've been fighting a pitched battle with the SGI Onyx here at the CTR and it's got me a little on edge. Three unexplained panics in one day will do that to you.) > Sorry, I meant "shut up entirely for not-found stuff" - I didn't > meant to imply that you should sit there looking at a blank screen > for about 60 seconds and then get a login prompt.. :-) > > Jordan Yeah: then it would look just like Solaris, 'cept you'd be waiting longer. :) The funny thing is that Solaris does generate device probe messages that look very much like those from SunOS; it just doesn't show them to you. -Bill -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~T~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Bill Paul (212) 854-6020 | System Manager Work: wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu | Center for Telecommunications Research Home: wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu | Columbia University, New York City ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Møøse Illuminati: ignore it and be confused, or join it and be confusing! ~~~~~~~~~ FreeBSD 2.1: "We can kick your operating system's ass!" ~~~~~~~~~~