Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 11:03:04 -0600 From: "Scott Gerhardt" <scott@gerhardt-it.com> To: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> Cc: "FreeBSD" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Kernel Question Message-ID: <KPEMLBLEMPMHGLJOCDEGOEGIDMAA.scott@gerhardt-it.com> In-Reply-To: <20020204165259.86EF15D0C@ptavv.es.net>
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> > What is the purpose of /boot/kernel.conf and should the > file be empty or > > even exist? > > These entries should have been in the form "di psm0". They are created > by the visual configuration operation at installation time to disable > devices in the GENERIC kernel which might cause conflicts and keep the > GENERIC kernel from booting properly. > > There is no man page for kernel.conf, but here is a message I just > sent out to another person who was baffled by this poorly documented > tool: > > There seems to be no centralized documentation on the kernel.conf > file. Maybe, some day when I actually have a bit of free time, I will > try writing a man page for it. > > /boot/kernel.conf is a file of commands to the loader that can adjust > the way the system loads. Among the things you can do with it are: > disable /enable devices. This allows the use of devices marked > "disable" in the kernel configuration as we as disabling any device > that would otherwise be enabled. > > It can also supply/override any of the configuration parameters in the > kernel configuration file such as irq, iomem, port, etc. This is > especially important for loadable modules that need this information > to operate correctly. > > Finally, kernel.conf, as a whole, is enabled by the presence of > userconfig_script_load="YES" in /boot/loader.conf. This is only > documented in very cryptic fashion in the loader.conf man page. > > userconfig_script_load > (``NO'') If set to ``YES'', will load the userconfig > data. > Thanks for clarifying that Kevin, Since I'm using a custom kernel with all the correct devices I can just change the "YES to "NO" in userconfig_script_load="YES" in /boot/loader.conf, Correct? I have already done the same affect by removing the entries from kernel.conf. - Scott To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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