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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)


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