Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 16:45:52 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: obrien@NUXI.com Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, John Fieber <jfieber@indiana.edu>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.ORG>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: GENERIC 3.2-BETA kernel and printing Message-ID: <199905132345.QAA02242@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 13 May 1999 15:14:15 PDT." <19990513151415.A24853@nuxi.com>
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> > > 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 We tried this before. It doesn't work too good. > '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'. No, having bpf in the install kernel and not in GENERIC would be extra-unsmart if we go to DHCP. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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