From owner-freebsd-doc Sat Aug 24 20:00:15 1996 Return-Path: owner-doc Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id UAA25812 for doc-outgoing; Sat, 24 Aug 1996 20:00:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts17-line3.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.220]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id UAA25803 for ; Sat, 24 Aug 1996 20:00:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id UAA00319; Sat, 24 Aug 1996 20:00:17 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 24 Aug 1996 20:00:17 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Francisco Reyes cc: FreeBSD doc Mailing list Subject: Re: KERNEL documentation In-Reply-To: <199608250041.AAA57421@pop01.ny.us.ibm.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-doc@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 24 Aug 1996, Francisco Reyes wrote: > Today I did my first custom kernel and I was wondering why the > GENERIC kernel configuration file didn't have more explanations. Has > it been because of need for someone to do it? If so I volunteer to do > it. Because LINT is the real documentation for the kernel config. GENERIC is a 'generic' setup that should work on most any machine. > I have tried to help in the documentation for a while, but had a hard > time trying to learn SGML but there is no info online and not many > books at the bookstore (good or bad), but the kernel is a plain file > so that should be an easy task. I would think the best way is to look at the source file and look at the output, and guess. :) Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major