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Scott Robbins <scottro@nyc.rr.com> writes:

> True, but in general, having gotten used to LINT, usually, I would just
> check notes for syntax--for instance, I might see something about
> PREEMPTION and just do (while in i386/conf) grep PREEMPT NOTES.  

Don't forget sys/conf/NOTES, either.  [which includes PREEMPTION,
albeit without any useful info]