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Subject: Re: Options for a New Kernel
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--- Gerard Seibert <gerard-seibert@rcn.com> wrote:
> I am still trying to learn how FreeBSD works. Can I
> create a new kernel file with the following entries
> or are they just for use in the loader.conf file?
> 
> hint.acpi.0.disabled=0      # enable ACPI (i386
> only)
> hw.ata.ata_dma=1             # enable  IDE DMA
> hw.ata.atapi_dma=1         # enable ATAPI/IDE DMA
> hw.ata.wc=1                        # enable  IDE
> disk write cache
> hw.eisa_slots=0                # disable probing for
> EISA devices
> 
> If I can place them in the kernel file, what would
> be the correct syntax to use, and where in the file
> should I place it? Would I have to do anything else
> special before compiling the kernel?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Gerard Seibert
> gerard-seibert@rcn.com
> 
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You might want to look into using:
sysctl and sysctl.conf

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sysctl&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+4.9-RELEASE&format=html
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sysctl.conf&sektion=5&apropos=0&manpath=FreeBSD+4.9-RELEASE


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