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Date:      Thu, 17 Nov 2005 10:55:46 -0500
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
To:        "Yong Ma" <mayong@mail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: How to make my new driver be configurable in the kernel configuration file?
Message-ID:  <200511171055.47539.jhb@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <20051117023414.8A2C21642FE@ws1-4.us4.outblaze.com>
References:  <20051117023414.8A2C21642FE@ws1-4.us4.outblaze.com>

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On Wednesday 16 November 2005 09:34 pm, Yong Ma wrote:
> > Usually that's spelled '#include <dev/mydevice/mydevice.h>' since it
> > is relative to one of the -I paths.  In practice, however, it rarely
> > makes a difference.
> >
> > Warner
>
> Yes,it works.I made it as a "standard".but I want to make it as a
> "optional" so I can config it  in the kernel configuration file(MYKERNEL)
> as "device mydevice" to decide whether it will be load when system boots.
>
> It seemed not enough only add a line "dev/mydevice/mycevice.c      optional
>        device" in sys/conf/files.i386 .There will be a syntax error when
> config MYKERNEL. Something else needed?

No, that's all that's needed.  Perhaps you can post your diff against 
files.i386 and the line from MYKERNEL that is causing the error?

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