Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 22:13:05 -0400 (EDT) From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> To: xela@MIT.EDU (Alex) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Kernel configuration nitty-gritty Message-ID: <199908180213.WAA15947@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> In-Reply-To: <199908180200.WAA21919@all-night-tool.mit.edu> from Alex at "Aug 17, 99 10:00:58 pm"
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Alex wrote,
> Hi all---
>
> I'm configuring my first FreeBSD kernel (having a fair amount of
> experience with NetBSD kernels). I'm finding the kernel configuration
> chapter of the FreeBSD handbook quite helpful, but not comprehensive
> (whereas the NetBSD options(4) man page is comprehensive but not
> helpful). For instance, it is not at all clear to me what
>
> options "CD9660_ROOT" #CD-ROM usable as root. "CD9660" req'ed
>
> means. I have some guesses, one of which is probably right, but....
> And zgrepping through /usr/share/man/cat* for that string garners
> no hits at all....
>
> Is there some other place I should be looking for documentation on
> this sort of thing, or is it time to read the source?
See the 'LINT' kernel,
/usr/src/sys/i386/conf/LINT
In there,
#####################################################################
# FILESYSTEM OPTIONS
#
# Only the root, /usr, and /tmp filesystems need be statically
# compiled; everything else will be automatically loaded at mount
# time. (Exception: the UFS family---FFS, and MFS --- cannot
# currently be demand-loaded.) Some people still prefer to statically
# compile other filesystems as well.
--
Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com
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