From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 16 11:55:13 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A5AA16A4CE; Sat, 16 Apr 2005 11:55:13 +0000 (GMT) Received: from av9-2-sn3.vrr.skanova.net (av9-2-sn3.vrr.skanova.net [81.228.9.186]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF77D43D5A; Sat, 16 Apr 2005 11:55:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from joel@automatvapen.se) Received: by av9-2-sn3.vrr.skanova.net (Postfix, from userid 502) id D78CA37FFF; Sat, 16 Apr 2005 13:55:11 +0200 (CEST) Received: from smtp3-1-sn3.vrr.skanova.net (smtp3-1-sn3.vrr.skanova.net [81.228.9.101]) by av9-2-sn3.vrr.skanova.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7E2437F8E; Sat, 16 Apr 2005 13:55:11 +0200 (CEST) Received: from t12o955p72.telia.com (t12o955p72.telia.com [213.66.34.192]) by smtp3-1-sn3.vrr.skanova.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8C8E37E43; Sat, 16 Apr 2005 13:55:10 +0200 (CEST) From: Joel Dahl To: Marc Fonvieille In-Reply-To: <20050416111801.GA624@nosferatu.blackend.org> References: <1113649345.509.26.camel@dude.automatvapen.se> <20050416111801.GA624@nosferatu.blackend.org> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 13:55:16 +0200 Message-Id: <1113652516.509.37.camel@dude.automatvapen.se> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.0 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [patch] Update section 8.4 in the handbook X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 11:55:13 -0000 On Sat, 2005-04-16 at 13:18 +0200, Marc Fonvieille wrote: > On Sat, Apr 16, 2005 at 01:02:25PM +0200, Joel Dahl wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > The attached patch contains some corrections to section 8.4 (the > > configuration file) in our handbook: > > > > o Move "device npx" and "device loop" > > > > o Remove "maxusers n" and "#makeoptions DEBUG=-g" > > > [...] > > If you remove the maxusers part, you should actually move it to "Tuning > Kernel Limits" section since this one mentions the maxusers option. The > current part of the kernel config section may be useful (maybe in a > reworded version). Ok, I'll do some rewording and move it there. > Regarding #makeoptions DEBUG=-g, I think this one should be kept since > we use to see too much "how to build a kernel with debugging symbols" > questions. I don't like this. How about adding a section (8.4.2) called "Building a kernel with debugging symbols", which describes various debugging options? I can do the writing. -- Joel