Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 08:34:51 -0700 From: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> To: Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Breaking up kernel config files (GENERIC) Message-ID: <16763.52123.2290.502564@ran.psg.com> References: <417960C2.8040007@freebsd.org> <20041022194008.GA23778@odin.ac.hmc.edu> <41796396.5070804@freebsd.org> <p06110423bd9f1b6312ed@[128.113.24.47]> <41796D6D.7000108@freebsd.org> <41799315.70201@elischer.org> <41799396.9090307@freebsd.org> <20041023082926.GE45235@ip.net.ua> <417A17E0.7000800@freebsd.org> <p06110433bda0a9094720@[128.113.24.47]>
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> For either case, what I would like is to duplicate the GENERIC kernel, > and then have to modify only one single line to get what I want (one > line per category, that is). Maybe something like: > 1) SCSI OFF > 2) SCSI ON,ahc > > If I know I have ahc (which I can read from dmesg), then I should not > need to learn the full list of possible SCSI controllers. I just need > to know "I have one scsi controller, and it looks like that is called > 'ahc', so I will turn on that specific controller and trust that all > other SCSI controllers will be turned off". works for me. and i only have to watch one file for changes that need to be managed for a box's custom kernel? randy
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