Date: Wed, 20 Dec 1995 09:23:52 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: eblood@winky.reno.nv.us (Eric Blood) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Kernel compilation problem Message-ID: <199512192253.JAA10822@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199512191707.JAA15523@winky.reno.nv.us> from "Eric Blood" at Dec 19, 95 09:07:06 am
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Eric Blood stands accused of saying: > > In message <199512191210.OAA02466@hornet.netac.co.za>you write: > >> #device npx0 at isa? port "IO_NPX" irq 13 vector npxintr > > >This came up a while ago, and things were suggested from better > >documentation in GENERIC to disabling the option. > > > >What was the descision there ? are we going to decument it, or leave > >it outa the config file ? (on another note : why is it in the config > >file ? It's non-optional, so no-one should ever want to take it out. > > I thought a software emulation could be dropped in its place in the > case of people on 386s without math coprocessors. This isn't software emulation; it's _HARDARE_SUPPORT_ Note the port, irq and vector values... > Eric Blood -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 041-122-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] "Who does BSD?" "We do Chucky, we do." [[
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