From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 31 08:28:11 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D8DB16A41F for ; Mon, 31 Oct 2005 08:28:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D612A43D48 for ; Mon, 31 Oct 2005 08:28:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by elvis.mu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B57F01A3C1A; Mon, 31 Oct 2005 00:28:10 -0800 (PST) Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 3B8A8512CE; Mon, 31 Oct 2005 03:28:08 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 03:28:08 -0500 From: Kris Kennaway To: Danny Braniss Message-ID: <20051031082807.GA68204@xor.obsecurity.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="mYCpIKhGyMATD0i+" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GENERIC and DEFAULTS X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 08:28:11 -0000 --mYCpIKhGyMATD0i+ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Mon, Oct 31, 2005 at 10:12:01AM +0200, Danny Braniss wrote: > i agree 100%, i hate wizardy/black-magic, and this 'fix' falls in that > class. Why was a 5ton hammer used to fix non existing problem? > a small comment like 'you better keep these lines to make X happy' > would have sufficed. You've clearly never spent much time on the FreeBSD support forums, where every few days someone posts for help 1) with an error caused by removing one of those "Do not remove this!" lines, and 2) for help on getting X working when they forgot to add /dev/io and /dev/mem to their kernel. Those of us who spend a lot of time answering such questions will surely welcome the change, since it will hopefully reduce our workload. Kris --mYCpIKhGyMATD0i+ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDZdWWWry0BWjoQKURApLcAKDRqElRJUIw6HJy1JzSgtx2Tcq0gQCcD8Ea UF3bYHG6Iyhx3Y9OHpwYzSA= =RrTJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --mYCpIKhGyMATD0i+--