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Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 15:42:26 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: Kevin Street <street@iname.com>
cc: jm7996@devrycols.edu, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: /kernel.config
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On 19 Sep 1998, Kevin Street wrote:

> "James A. Mutter" <jmutter@devrycols.edu> writes:
> 
> > I've been all over the Handbook and the FAQ.  I can't find an answer to
> > this one.  
> > 
> > I've got a PnP sound card that is _not_ automatically recognized by the
> > kernel.  After installing a new kernel I have to manually reenter the
> > parameters for the card.  I could have sworn that I saw somewhere that the
> > /kernel.config file could 'do this for me' - so to speak.  
> > 
> > Here's what I've got:
> > 
> > jmutter@insomnia$ cat kernel.config
> > USERCONFIG
> > pnp 0 1 os enable port0 0x220 port1 0x330 port2 0x388 irq0 5 drq0 1 drq 1 
> > 5
> > pnp 1 2 os enable port0 0x620 port1 0xa20 port2 0xe20
> > quit
> 
> I believe you also need to have the right options in your kernel:
> options		USERCONFIG		#boot -c editor
> options		USERCONFIG_BOOT		#imply -c and parse info area
> options		VISUAL_USERCONFIG	#visual boot -c editor
> 
> I think it's the USERCONFIG_BOOT that makes it read kernel.config

No, USERCONFIG_BOOT pops up the screen that asks you if you want to
configure the kernel, like it does on the boot floppy.

Doug White                               
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