Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 23:17:05 -0500 From: Tom Rhodes <darklogik@pittgoth.com> To: bmah@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hardware Notes, "Boot-time Kernel Configuration" Message-ID: <3C47A1C1.60904@pittgoth.com> References: <200201180353.g0I3rZk38880@bmah.dyndns.org>
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Bruce A. Mah wrote: >Hi all-- > >Unless there's any vehement objection, I'm going to remove the >"Boot-time Kernel Configuration" Section from the i386 hardware notes >for 4.5 (it's already gone from the alpha). It documents two things: 1) >the drivers in the GENERIC kernel configuration (which is out-of-date, >and doesn't cover the stripped-down kernels at all, which I think is way >more critical). 2) UserConfig (which is better-described in the >Handbook anyways). > >I'm hoping that some version of the GENERIC kernel configuration table >will return (ideally, it'd also cover the kernels we put on the >floppies, as well as be multi-architecture). However, it probably won't >make it in time for 4.5-RELEASE, and I'd rather we send the release out >with less information, rather than information that we know is wrong to >begin with. > >Comments? > >Bruce. > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message > > You will obtain praise from me, mainly the last note is very important to me as a user, I would rather have little documentation than alot of incorrect documentation. Maybe some day we can put this Generic kernel configuration table somewhere in the handbook, opinions? --Tom Rhodes To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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