Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 13:03:34 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy <peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au> To: Valentino Vaschetto <logo@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig chapter.sgml Message-ID: <20010917130334.B75876@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au> In-Reply-To: <200109080026.f880Qt168856@freefall.freebsd.org>; from logo@FreeBSD.ORG on Fri, Sep 07, 2001 at 05:26:55PM -0700 References: <200109080026.f880Qt168856@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On 2001-Sep-07 17:26:55 -0700, Valentino Vaschetto <logo@FreeBSD.ORG> wrote: >logo 2001/09/07 17:26:55 PDT > > Modified files: > en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig chapter.sgml > Log: ... > - Moved "device npx0" and "pseudo-device ether" to the section that says > "These options are required" from the section that says they are > optional. How long has "ether" been mandatory? According to the latest NOTES, it's still only required if either an ethernet or token-ring device is enabled. Whilst this would cover the majority of configurations, I have had FreeBSD systems that didn't have any ethernet devices (only PPP over serial) and therefore didn't need ether. Peter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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