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From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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To: dufault@hda.com, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: `device' versus `disk' in kernel config file
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>I think "disk sd? at scbus?" will do something reasonable.

No, it gives NSD=0.  Apparently "disk sd0 at scbus?" works better but
this may just be due to the old mechanism.  I don't know of any working
examples with "?" in a device name

>I was under the impression that "disk" is handled specially in
>order to generate potential mount and swap info, and then is treated
>like "device".

This is controlled by in devices.i386.  You can specify swap on cd0
but not on sio0 :-).

Bruce