From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 19 14:52:10 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id OAA12466 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 19 Dec 1995 14:52:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id OAA12395 for ; Tue, 19 Dec 1995 14:52:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id JAA10822; Wed, 20 Dec 1995 09:23:52 +1030 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199512192253.JAA10822@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Kernel compilation problem To: eblood@winky.reno.nv.us (Eric Blood) Date: Wed, 20 Dec 1995 09:23:52 +1030 (CST) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199512191707.JAA15523@winky.reno.nv.us> from "Eric Blood" at Dec 19, 95 09:07:06 am MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk 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." [[