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From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To: Cristiano Deana <cristiano.deana@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: GENERIC and DEFAULTS
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On Sun, Oct 30, 2005 at 11:36:46AM +0100, Cristiano Deana wrote:
> Hi,
>=20
> I've seen that 'GENERIC' file has been modified, moving some lines to
> 'DEFAULTS':
>=20
> device          isa
>=20
> device          mem             # Memory and kernel memory devices =09
> device          io              # I/O device
>=20
> Why?
> What does it mean? Should we include 'DEFAULTS' in our customized 'GENERI=
C'?

It's included by DEFAULT.

> Or those lines are no more mandatory?

The point of a DEFAULTS file is that to contain things that are used
by DEFAULT, including those which are mandatory.

> I think it should be written in 'UPDATING'.

No action is necessary.

Kris
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