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From: David Greenman <davidg@Root.COM>
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Date: Tue, 11 Jun 1996 16:22:36 -0700
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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