From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 19 00:27:57 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id AAA28214 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 19 Jan 1996 00:27:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from underdog.maxie.com (maxie.com [199.250.231.28]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id AAA28209 for ; Fri, 19 Jan 1996 00:27:55 -0800 (PST) From: max@maxie.com Received: from sonic.maxie.com (sonic.maxie.com [199.250.231.29]) by underdog.maxie.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id DAA01880; Fri, 19 Jan 1996 03:27:44 -0500 Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 03:27:44 -0500 Message-Id: <199601190827.DAA01880@underdog.maxie.com> X-Sender: max@mail.maxie.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.2 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Chad Shackley Subject: RE: npx0 device Cc: questions@freebsd.org Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk At 10:03 PM 1/18/96 -0800, you wrote: >The handbook says to make a duplicate of GENERIC and use that. The LINT file specifically says you probably won't want to use LINT for the basic kernel, that it's only if you want to add other devices (sound cards, etc.) No, you would not want to use LINT to build a running kernel. However, it is the ONLY file with comments that explain what the rest of the config options mean, including npx. :-) James Robertson