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From: Alexander Best <arundel@freebsd.org>
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Subject: Re: {arch}/conf/DEFAULTS and uart
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On Thu Sep  9 10, Alexander Best wrote:
> hi there,
> 
> except for arm most archs seem to enforce uart support in conf/DEFAULTS. is
> this really necessary? shouldn't DEFAULTS only contain vital devices/options
> without a kernel on a specific arch won't function at all?

jhb just explained to me, that the uart entry in DEFAULTS is not a controller
or something like that, but the uart backend to use *if* uart gets defined in
the kernel config.

sorry for the noise folks.

cheers.
alex

> 
> cheers.
> alex
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