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Date:      Tue, 29 Aug 2000 00:18:33 -0600
From:      Warner Losh <imp@village.org>
To:        Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
Cc:        Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>, Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.ORG>, Donn Miller <dmmiller@cvzoom.net>, Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: hints static wiring 
Message-ID:  <200008290618.AAA07168@harmony.village.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 29 Aug 2000 10:25:26 %2B0930." <20000829102526.A11422@wantadilla.lemis.com> 
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In message <20000829102526.A11422@wantadilla.lemis.com> Greg Lehey writes:
: 2.  You must have a /boot/device.hints file, and it must contain at
:     least some entries

Add "unless you compile the hints statically into the kernel, in which
case it may be empty." and you will be correct.

There's plenty of potential for foot shooting, but it will generally
only impact older, legacy non-pnp systems.

Warner


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