Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2005 20:48:52 -0800 (PST) From: Rob <spamrefuse@yahoo.com> To: FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: GENERIC and DEFAULTS Message-ID: <20051104044853.37311.qmail@web36210.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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Kris Kennaway wrote: > You've clearly never spent much time on the > FreeBSD support forums, where every few days > someone posts for help > > 1) with an error caused by removing one of those > "Do not remove this!" lines, and > > 2) for help on getting X working when they forgot > to add /dev/io and /dev/mem to their kernel. > > Those of us who spend a lot of time answering > such questions will surely welcome the change, > since it will hopefully reduce our workload. I assume: if a 'novice' innocently removes the io/mem devices, he/she as well will happily add a 'nodevice io' and 'nodevice mem' in their new kernel config....and again scream HELP to the mailinglist when X does not start! Rob. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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