From owner-freebsd-qa Thu Jan 17 23:23: 8 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-qa@freebsd.org Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F31137B420; Thu, 17 Jan 2002 23:22:58 -0800 (PST) Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g0I7Mvd91154; Fri, 18 Jan 2002 08:22:57 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 08:22:57 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: "Bruce A. Mah" Cc: freebsd-qa@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hardware Notes, "Boot-time Kernel Configuration" Message-ID: <20020118082257.E91029@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <200201180353.g0I3rZk38880@bmah.dyndns.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200201180353.g0I3rZk38880@bmah.dyndns.org>; from bmah@FreeBSD.ORG on Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 07:53:34PM -0800 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.5-PRERELEASE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-qa@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 07:53:34PM -0800, Bruce A. Mah wrote: > Hi all-- > > Unless there's any vehement objection, I'm going to remove the > "Boot-time Kernel Configuration" Section from the i386 hardware notes > for 4.5 (it's already gone from the alpha). It documents two things: 1) > the drivers in the GENERIC kernel configuration (which is out-of-date, > and doesn't cover the stripped-down kernels at all, which I think is way > more critical). 2) UserConfig (which is better-described in the > Handbook anyways). > > I'm hoping that some version of the GENERIC kernel configuration table > will return (ideally, it'd also cover the kernels we put on the > floppies, as well as be multi-architecture). However, it probably won't > make it in time for 4.5-RELEASE, and I'd rather we send the release out > with less information, rather than information that we know is wrong to > begin with. Sounds like a reasonable idea to me -- | / o / /_ _ email: wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte Arnhem, the Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-qa" in the body of the message