Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 11:42:49 -0600 From: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> To: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> Cc: Donn Miller <dmmiller@cvzoom.net>, Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: hints static wiring Message-ID: <200008281742.LAA02769@harmony.village.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 28 Aug 2000 05:08:42 CDT." <14762.14890.276820.183791@guru.mired.org> References: <14762.14890.276820.183791@guru.mired.org> <867l92lw8e.wl@tkc.att.ne.jp> <20000827184037.A22500@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> <14762.8323.382969.782508@guru.mired.org> <39AA3882.914FC0A0@cvzoom.net>
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In message <14762.14890.276820.183791@guru.mired.org> Mike Meyer writes: : Will the system fail to boot if there isn't an empty device.hints : file? If the kernel doesn't have a hints file compiled into it, then you will have problems. However, you may not have a video console. I've been able to boot my laptop with a kernel that had no hints and this was the result. All the PCI based things worked, as did those things that had a PnP ID, except the video console. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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