Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 10:03:59 -0800 (PST) From: Matt Dillon <dillon@earth.backplane.com> To: "Louis A. Mamakos" <louie@TransSys.COM> Cc: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/conf NOTES Message-ID: <200101151803.f0FI3xj75017@earth.backplane.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0101152130160.16568-100000@besplex.bde.org> <200101151429.f0FET0x54734@whizzo.transsys.com>
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Look guys... it's simple. *TWO* people had problems in the last two
weeks due to using LINT NSWAPDEV defaults. That's enough of a reason
in my book to adjust LINT and revamp the comment.
-Matt
:> On Sun, 14 Jan 2001, Matt Dillon wrote:
:>
:> > dillon 2001/01/14 22:45:03 PST
:> >
:> > Modified files:
:> > sys/i386/conf NOTES
:> > Log:
:> > Make NSWAPDEV reasonable so people do not mistakenly use unreasonable
:> > values when creating custom kernels from LINT.
:>
:> LINT is not supposed to have reasonable values. It is supposed to have
:> values different from the defaults so that unusual values get tested.
:> I normally use the default + 1 if that can work.
:
:If there was an obvious source for all the default values, and for
:all of the available configuration options, I'd certainly use it instead
:of trolling through LINT/NOTES. When bulding a configuration from
:scratch, you can't start with GENERIC as an example because it omits
:a bunch stuff (like sound, IPFILTER, etc.)
:
:louie
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