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Date:      Wed, 10 Dec 1997 18:25:27 +1100
From:      Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
To:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG, j@uriah.heep.sax.de
Subject:   Re: Bootloader/kernel ignores "-a" flag...
Message-ID:  <199712100725.SAA12673@godzilla.zeta.org.au>

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>> -a only works with "config	kernel	swap on generic" in the
>> kernel config file.  This should be the default, but it breaks
>> "root on ...".  It has nothing to do with swap.
>
>What is the "root on ..." stuff required for in GENERIC?  I'm

So that booting -r gives wd0 :-).

>Perhaps config's syntax rules should be changed so to allow
>
>	config	kernel generic
>
>instead.

It should allow

	config	kernel

and swap*.c shouldn't exist.  swapgeneric.c should be in autoconf.c
and the two variables in the automatically generated swap*.c's
(rootdev and dumpdev) should be in param.c (they can be configured
using #defines).

Bruce



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