Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 15:14:15 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, John Fieber <jfieber@indiana.edu> Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.ORG>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: GENERIC 3.2-BETA kernel and printing Message-ID: <19990513151415.A24853@nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <199905132143.OAA01582@dingo.cdrom.com>; from Mike Smith on Thu, May 13, 1999 at 02:43:34PM -0700 References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9905131011550.5737-100000@fallout.campusview.indiana.edu> <199905132143.OAA01582@dingo.cdrom.com>
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> > > with the 3.2-BETA kernel using the GENERIC configuration file. I print > > > > > device ppc0 at isa? port? flags 0x40 net irq 7 > > > line to > > > device ppc0 at isa? port? flags 0x40 tty irq 7 ..snip.. > > If it changes to tty, what breaks (and who will that inconvenience)? > > It probably breaks PLIP, ie. network installs for laptops. Is it possible to change `GENERIC' to "tty" and create a new kernel config file, `INSTALL' where we tweak it for things like this. Having 'bpf' active in `GENERIC' for DHCP installs (when we get to it), is another example of where what we need for installs may not be best in `GENERIC'. -- -- David (obrien@NUXI.com -or- obrien@FreeBSD.org) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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