From owner-freebsd-current Mon Aug 28 10: 0:59 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (Odin.AC.HMC.Edu [134.173.32.75]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27B0837B423 for ; Mon, 28 Aug 2000 10:00:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from brdavis@localhost) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.11.0/8.11.0) id e7SH0lG10301; Mon, 28 Aug 2000 10:00:47 -0700 Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 10:00:47 -0700 From: Brooks Davis To: Mike Meyer Cc: Brooks Davis , current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: hints static wiring Message-ID: <20000828100047.A10092@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> References: <867l92lw8e.wl@tkc.att.ne.jp> <20000827184037.A22500@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> <14762.8323.382969.782508@guru.mired.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <14762.8323.382969.782508@guru.mired.org>; from mwm@mired.org on Mon, Aug 28, 2000 at 03:19:15AM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Aug 28, 2000 at 03:19:15AM -0500, Mike Meyer wrote: > > I do read cvs-all, and I missed it. Not did I find device.hints in the > relevant Makefiles. Can you provide a pointer to details on how > /boot/device.hints is used in the build process, or how having an > empty one keeps you from shooting yourself in the foot? Having an empty one will not help you, but installing a post hints change GENERIC without a hints file will results in a system that does not boot. Thus you are required to have a hints file. The ability to install a bogus (empty) one is for those who want static hints. -- Brooks -- Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message