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From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
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Subject: Re: Removing Networking from kernel
In-Reply-To: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB441A5ED5@site2s1> from Christopher Michaels - SSG at "Feb 11, 99 01:04:16 pm"
To: ChrisMic@sbservices.com (Christopher Michaels - SSG)
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 23:08:30 -0500 (EST)
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Christopher Michaels - SSG wrote,
> Essentially no, you need INET.  FreeBSD is a network operating system at
> it's core, and to my knowledge won't operate properly w/o it.
> 
> Here is a snippet from the handbook:
> (http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/handbook61.html)
> 
> options INET
> 
> 	Networking support. Leave it in even if you do not plan to be
> connected to a network. Most programs require at least loopback networking
> (i.e. making network connections within your PC) so this is essentially
> mandatory.

Then why is it even an "option" in the kernel config if it cannot be
built without it?
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Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@home.com

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