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Subject: Re: LINT and GENERIC - between a rock and a generic place. 
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Date: Sat, 31 May 1997 18:33:52 -0700
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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>   Why can't these be handled like setting device setttings (IRQs,
> baseports, etc)?  Boot with a "-c" to change them, before the kernel is
> really running, and then write the changes into kernel after boot with
> dset.

Because it's a totally different mechanism than editing isa_device
structures in userconfig? Are you volunteering to make the changes
that many have discussed but no one has undertaken in order to
support generalized variable setting in userconfig? ;-)

					Jordan