Date: Sun, 02 Apr 1995 21:00:31 -0700 From: "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@estienne.CS.Berkeley.EDU> To: PVinci@ix.netcom.com (Paul Vinciguerra) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Config wishlist. Message-ID: <199504030400.VAA03326@estienne.cs.berkeley.edu> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 02 Apr 1995 19:53:49 PDT." <199504030253.TAA03079@ix4.ix.netcom.com>
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>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 ==============================================
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