Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 21:52:25 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.osd.bsdi.com> To: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> Cc: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.osd.bsdi.com>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: GENERIC from today does not detect system console on my box Message-ID: <2413.961217545@localhost> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 16 Jun 2000 17:42:46 PDT." <20000617004246.DCA6B1CD7@overcee.netplex.com.au>
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> IMHO, the hints are a machine property, not a per-kernel property. Setting > up a /boot/device.hints is (IMHO) a one-time task that never needs to be > done more than once, and (again IMHO) the 'make install' had damn well > better not mess with. But what if one does not exist? Wouldn't it be a good bootstrapping mechanism to create one for first-time use in the install rule? Not that it matters much in my case since there are apparently no "hints" for the perl script to generate from my config file. - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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