Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2004 01:30:19 -0800 (PST) From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/62285: Incorrect comments in GENERIC kernel config Message-ID: <200403060930.i269UJ2b091517@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR kern/62285; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Sten Spans <sten@blinkenlights.nl> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/62285: Incorrect comments in GENERIC kernel config Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2004 01:20:34 -0800 On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 01:56:35PM -0800, Sten Spans wrote: > The comment in GENERIC talks about numbers for pseudo devices, > but there are no numbers in the pseudo devices section. > > # Pseudo devices - the number indicates how many units to allocate. > device random # Entropy device > device loop # Network loopback > device ether # Ethernet support > device sl # Kernel SLIP > > >How-To-Repeat: > > >Fix: > Correct the comment to better explain how pseudo devices should be listed > in the kernel configuration. Perhaps a header would help, aka: > > # Pseudo devices - the number indicates how many units to allocate. > #device #type #amount > device random # Entropy device Actually the comment is just stale..in 5.x these devices are no longer statically assigned at compile time, as they were in 4.x. Krishelp
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