Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:15:58 +0100 From: Rink Springer <rink@FreeBSD.org> To: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> Cc: arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Trimming the default /boot/device.hints Message-ID: <20090126151558.GA41388@rink.nu> In-Reply-To: <200901260947.32870.jhb@freebsd.org> References: <200901260947.32870.jhb@freebsd.org>
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On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 09:47:32AM -0500, John Baldwin wrote: > If we wanted, we could go further and assume that all machines have either > PnPBIOS or ACPI and remove most of the other hints as well. We already sort > of assume that on amd64 (which has no atrtc0 hints, but still has hints for > fdc0, ppc0, and some other devices). > > Here is the proposed diff: This diff makes sense to me - besides, it's always possible to enter the hints at the loader prompt if desired to get a device to work and adding that to a local loader.conf later; I don't think these defaults are worth the clutter since almost nobody probably has these devices anyway... Regards, -- Rink P.W. Springer - http://rink.nu "Chance favours the prepared mind" - Penn
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