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Date:      Wed, 26 Oct 2005 09:56:29 -0400
From:      Vivek Khera <vivek@khera.org>
To:        freebsd-amd64 List <freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: amd64/87898: Failt to init X: can't open device/io
Message-ID:  <7AC768D9-B3DF-4C19-91AC-D1C9DC5646A3@khera.org>
In-Reply-To: <200510252025.11989.joao@matik.com.br>
References:  <200510240520.j9O5KH6j006068@freefall.freebsd.org> <20051025180840.GA48844@xor.obsecurity.org> <FE8898EA-96AC-4A99-B383-E49E0F433571@khera.org> <200510252025.11989.joao@matik.com.br>

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On Oct 25, 2005, at 7:25 PM, JoaoBR wrote:

> any version comes wit GENERIC and this changes are correctly  
> adviced by beeing
> set device io and mem in it
>

yes, but how many people replace their custom kernel with GENERIC on  
an upgrade from a minor version?

> we are talking 6.0 I guess and this was an issue from 5.2.1 to 5.3  
> so IMO your
> claim is almost a year too late and this is not exactly an amd64-issue
>

my point was that changes like this should be documented more  
prominently.  either that or 5.3 /really/ should have been called 6.0  
due to the massive changes that went into it.

and no it is not an amd64 issue, but the conversation is here, so I  
comment here.



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