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From: John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au>
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/conf options src/sys/i386/i386 autoconf.c         src/sys/i386/conf GENERIC LINT Makefile.i386 files.i386
In-Reply-To: <199905091646.JAA04435@freefall.freebsd.org> from Poul-Henning Kamp at "May 9, 1999  9:46: 6 am"
To: phk@FreeBSD.org (Poul-Henning Kamp)
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 06:39:46 +1000 (EST)
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Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
>   Major lobotomy of config(8).  The
>   
>           config kernel mumble mumble
>   
>   line has been obsoleted and removed and with it went all knowledge of
>   devices on the part of config.

Does this change mean that it is no longer possible to choose the name
of the "kernel"? I was using this "feature" for embedded kernels that
get loaded into flash on boards. These embedded kernels aren't general,
so I thought they deserved to have board-specific names.

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