From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Dec 29 00:53:02 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id AAA20179 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 29 Dec 1996 00:53:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from news1.gtn.com (news1.gtn.com [192.109.159.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id AAA20174; Sun, 29 Dec 1996 00:52:56 -0800 (PST) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by news1.gtn.com (8.7.2/8.7.2) with UUCP id JAA07845; Sun, 29 Dec 1996 09:46:47 +0100 (MET) Received: (from andreas@localhost) by klemm.gtn.com (8.8.4/8.8.2) id JAA01930; Sun, 29 Dec 1996 09:34:52 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: Date: Sun, 29 Dec 1996 09:34:52 +0100 From: andreas@klemm.gtn.com (Andreas Klemm) To: se@FreeBSD.org (Stefan Esser) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: option FAILSAFE in GENERIC and LINT a bit misleading ? References: X-Mailer: Mutt 0.54-PL15 Mime-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: ; from "Stefan Esser" on Dec 29, 1996 00:11:18 +0100 Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Stefan Esser writes: > On Dec 28, andreas@klemm.gtn.com (Andreas Klemm) wrote: > > I'd suggest renaming the option to NCR_FAILSAFE and to really > > document in the kernel profile, what it does within the NCR > > driver. > > Well, and I'd suggest to NOT rename it, and to hope > it will find further use in other parts of the kernel. Ok, I hope, this option will be heavily used in the furure ;-) -- andreas@klemm.gtn.com /\/\___ Wiechers & Partner Datentechnik GmbH Andreas Klemm ___/\/\/ Support Unix -- andreas.klemm@wup.de pgp p-key http://www-swiss.ai.mit.edu/~bal/pks-toplev.html >>> powered by <<< ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Printing/aps-491.tgz >>> FreeBSD <<<