From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Apr 2 21:01:18 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id VAA21100 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 2 Apr 1995 21:01:18 -0700 Received: from estienne.cs.berkeley.edu (estienne.CS.Berkeley.EDU [128.32.42.147]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id VAA21094 for ; Sun, 2 Apr 1995 21:01:17 -0700 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by estienne.cs.berkeley.edu (8.6.9/8.6.9) with SMTP id VAA03326; Sun, 2 Apr 1995 21:00:32 -0700 Message-Id: <199504030400.VAA03326@estienne.cs.berkeley.edu> X-Authentication-Warning: estienne.cs.berkeley.edu: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol To: PVinci@ix.netcom.com (Paul Vinciguerra) cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Config wishlist. In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 02 Apr 1995 19:53:49 PDT." <199504030253.TAA03079@ix4.ix.netcom.com> Date: Sun, 02 Apr 1995 21:00:31 -0700 From: "Justin T. Gibbs" Sender: hackers-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >How difficult would it be to change the system, so that the whole kermel >doesn't need to be rebuilt whenever you change a jumper setting? > >Can't we get the kernel to scan the GENERIC (or whatever) file at boot >time to resolve the addresses, etc. ?? > >Don't we only need to know which devices are going to be present to >build the kernel? If we don't tell the system until boot time where the >devices are, won't we move millenia ahead toward achieving plug-n-play? > >I know that -c will let me do it by hand, but then I have to recompile >to make the changes permanent, or have I missed something? Check out the "dset" command. > >Paul > -- Justin T. Gibbs ============================================== TCS Instructional Group - Programmer/Analyst 1 Cory | Po | Danube | Volga | Parker | Torus ==============================================