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Date:      Fri, 24 Oct 2008 09:50:48 +0100
From:      "Bruce M. Simpson" <bms@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>
Cc:        svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org, marcel@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r184194 - in head/sys: conf mips/conf
Message-ID:  <49018C68.3020706@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20081023.191014.41711418.imp@bsdimp.com>
References:  <200810230216.m9N2Gdxw045106@svn.freebsd.org> <20081023.191014.41711418.imp@bsdimp.com>

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Warner Losh wrote:
>>   Add mips/conf/DEFAULTS and populate it with:
>>           machine arm
>>           device  mem
>>   	device  uart_ns8250
>>           options GEOM_BSD
>>           options GEOM_MBR
>>   
>>   Remove the first three from all kernel configuration files
>>   (sometimes commented-out) and change geom_bsd and geom_mbr
>>   from standard to optional.
>>     
>
> We shouldn't be using DEFAULTS for this.
>   

I agree. Marcel, can you please back this change out (at least the mips 
or SENTRY5 part of it) ?

uart support isn't ready on SENTRY5; shipping these drivers in a default 
configuration just adds dead wood on a platform where kernel size is 
critical.

thanks
BMS



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