Date: Tue, 11 Jun 1996 16:22:36 -0700 From: David Greenman <davidg@Root.COM> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: jehamby@lightside.com (Jake Hamby), angio@aros.net, jkh@freefall.freebsd.org, hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Don't hit.. Message-ID: <199606112322.QAA02650@Root.COM> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 11 Jun 1996 13:02:52 PDT." <199606112002.NAA04345@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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>> > 7) Do *not* delete the math device from your kernel and ask about >> > it on -questions. >> > >> > Well, it was a thought. :-) >> > >> > -Dave Andersen >> >> Argh! And to think that was probably my fault for saying it wasn't needed >> if you didn't have a hardware FPU in Chapter 5 of the FreeBSD Handbook >> (which thankfully has been corrected for many months on the Web page and >> in -current, but still lurks on the 2.1.0-RELEASE CD).. :-( > >Actually, it's the fault of having an option for a non-optional kernel >component. The whole idea is inherently bogus. > >The fix needs to go into the config code and the default config files > > >--- > i386/isa/ncr5380.c optional nca device-driver >! i386/isa/npx.c optional npx device-driver > i386/isa/pcaudio.c optional pca device-driver >--- > i386/isa/ncr5380.c optional nca device-driver >! i386/isa/npx.c standard npx device-driver > i386/isa/pcaudio.c optional pca device-driver >--- I haven't tried this, but it CAN'T work. The information provided in addition to the actual specification of "npx0" (port, irq, interrupt vector) is also non-optional, and there is no way to specify it in the files file. -DG David Greenman Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project
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