Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 11:53:55 +0100 From: Massimo Lusetti <massimo@cedoc.mo.it> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GENERIC and DEFAULTS Message-ID: <1130669635.4300.3.camel@massimo.datacode.it> In-Reply-To: <d8a4930a0510300236x472292bav@mail.gmail.com> References: <d8a4930a0510300236x472292bav@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, 2005-10-30 at 11:36 +0100, Cristiano Deana wrote: > Hi, > > I've seen that 'GENERIC' file has been modified, moving some lines to > 'DEFAULTS': > > device isa > > device mem # Memory and kernel memory devices > device io # I/O device > > Why? > What does it mean? Should we include 'DEFAULTS' in our customized 'GENERIC'? > Or those lines are no more mandatory? DEFAULTS will be included automatically by the new config(8), quoting from markm@ "Its an anti-foot-shooting thing. Scott was concerned that far too many people with kernels based on GENERIC before io was made a separate module were being flummoxed by X not running. This is a way to make npx, mem and io default for even those kernels, as long as they run a modern(tm) config(8)." Look for discussion in cvs-src@. -- Massimo.run();
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