From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 19 00:25:58 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id AAA28103 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 19 Jan 1996 00:25:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from mpp.minn.net (root@mpp.Minn.Net [204.157.201.242]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id AAA28098 for ; Fri, 19 Jan 1996 00:25:55 -0800 (PST) Received: (from mpp@localhost) by mpp.minn.net (8.7.3/8.6.9) id CAA04423; Fri, 19 Jan 1996 02:25:46 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <199601190825.CAA04423@mpp.minn.net> Subject: Re: npx0 device To: max@maxie.com Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 02:25:45 -0600 (CST) From: "Mike Pritchard" Cc: zoogy@cris.com, questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199601190457.XAA23117@underdog.maxie.com> from "max@maxie.com" at Jan 18, 96 11:57:14 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25 ME8b] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk max@maxie.com wrote: > The primary reference for config is LINT, not GENERIC. If you read > the information on building a new kernel, it suggests you refer to LINT for > configuration options. > > The LINT mentions not once, but twice, that npx is mandatory, as follows: I seem to recall that some documentation out there tells new users to start with GENERIC and add/remove lines from that file as needed. GENERIC probably needs a line in it that warns the npx0 is not optional. -- Mike Pritchard mpp@minn.net "Go that way. Really fast. If something gets in your way, turn"