From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 25 20:36:25 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B766916A419 for ; Tue, 25 Dec 2007 20:36:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from des@des.no) Received: from tim.des.no (tim.des.no [194.63.250.121]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 523BB13C442 for ; Tue, 25 Dec 2007 20:36:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from des@des.no) Received: from tim.des.no (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by spam.des.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA68620BB; Tue, 25 Dec 2007 21:36:17 +0100 (CET) X-Spam-Tests: AWL X-Spam-Learn: disabled X-Spam-Score: -0.1/3.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on tim.des.no Received: from ds4.des.no (des.no [80.203.243.180]) by smtp.des.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F5152089; Tue, 25 Dec 2007 21:36:17 +0100 (CET) Received: by ds4.des.no (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 688FE844AF; Tue, 25 Dec 2007 21:36:17 +0100 (CET) From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= To: Chuck Robey References: <476AF132.4080304@chuckr.org> <86abo1g2pu.fsf@ds4.des.no> <476EA521.9020707@chuckr.org> <20071224131425.GF23337@cicely12.cicely.de> <47715E1F.9080502@chuckr.org> Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2007 21:36:17 +0100 In-Reply-To: <47715E1F.9080502@chuckr.org> (Chuck Robey's message of "Tue\, 25 Dec 2007 14\:46\:39 -0500") Message-ID: <86sl1qikam.fsf@ds4.des.no> User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/22.1 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: FreeBSD-Hackers , ticso@cicely.de Subject: Re: printing boot probe messages X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2007 20:36:25 -0000 Chuck Robey writes: > As far as the hints files go, I'm embarrassed to admit that I don't > understand the difference between the hints file that I name (APRIL.hints) > in my config file, and the device.hints in the man page of that name. OK, so you customized your device hints file. Don't do that; that's what broke your console. Don't compile device hints into your kernel, either. Just use the stock device.hints that mergemaster installs in /boot, and you will be fine. There is no need to modify the hints file except in very special circumstances, and it has no effect on the size of your kernel. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no