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Date:      Wed, 7 Nov 2001 16:20:10 -0800
From:      Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>
To:        Dinesh Punjabi <dinesh@punjabi.org>
Cc:        doc@FreeBSD.ORG, jkh@FreeBSD.ORG, kargls@home.com
Subject:   Re: Kernel info, FAQ, has gotten very confusing now ...
Message-ID:  <20011107162010.A16104@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu>
In-Reply-To: <001101c167e8$6030f7a0$0200000a@asha>; from dinesh@punjabi.org on Wed, Nov 07, 2001 at 05:00:27PM -0700
References:  <001101c167e8$6030f7a0$0200000a@asha>

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On Wed, Nov 07, 2001 at 05:00:27PM -0700, Dinesh Punjabi wrote:
> Also, there is a possibility that the chapters and examples on
> sample kernels are out-of-date in the handbook. The config program
> does not like any pseudo-device options, nor does it like anything
> after "device xyz" in the config file. I am updating from 4.3 --> 4.4.

If that's happening you probably don't have 4.4 sources.  The collapsing
of pseudo-device into device and the removal of explicit hint
specification is a 5-current feature which will not be MFC'd.  I suspect
this is part of your confusion.

-- Brooks

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