Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2004 14:10:20 -0800 (PST) From: Sten Spans <sten@blinkenlights.nl> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/62285: Incorrect comments in GENERIC kernel config Message-ID: <200403062210.i26MAK0J050745@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR kern/62285; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Sten Spans <sten@blinkenlights.nl> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/62285: Incorrect comments in GENERIC kernel config Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2004 23:03:55 +0100 (CET) On Sat, 6 Mar 2004, Kris Kennaway wrote: > 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. Even more reason for clarifying it :) -- Sten Spans "There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in." Leonard Cohen - Anthem
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