Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2002 07:46:51 -0500 From: "Doug Reynolds" <mav@wastegate.net> To: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net>, "Scott Gerhardt" <scott@gerhardt-it.com> Cc: "FreeBSD" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Kernel Question Message-ID: <20020205124445.7BAFB48449@wastegate.net> In-Reply-To: <KPEMLBLEMPMHGLJOCDEGOEGIDMAA.scott@gerhardt-it.com>
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On Mon, 4 Feb 2002 11:03:04 -0600, Scott Gerhardt wrote: > > > What is the purpose of /boot/kernel.conf and should the > > file be empty or > > > even exist? > > > > These entries should have been in the form "di psm0". They are created > > by the visual configuration operation at installation time to disable > > devices in the GENERIC kernel which might cause conflicts and keep the > > GENERIC kernel from booting properly. > > > > There is no man page for kernel.conf, but here is a message I just > > sent out to another person who was baffled by this poorly documented > > tool: > > > > There seems to be no centralized documentation on the kernel.conf > > file. Maybe, some day when I actually have a bit of free time, I will > > try writing a man page for it. > > > > /boot/kernel.conf is a file of commands to the loader that can adjust > > the way the system loads. Among the things you can do with it are: > > disable /enable devices. This allows the use of devices marked > > "disable" in the kernel configuration as we as disabling any device > > that would otherwise be enabled. > > > > It can also supply/override any of the configuration parameters in the > > kernel configuration file such as irq, iomem, port, etc. This is > > especially important for loadable modules that need this information > > to operate correctly. > > > > Finally, kernel.conf, as a whole, is enabled by the presence of > > userconfig_script_load="YES" in /boot/loader.conf. This is only > > documented in very cryptic fashion in the loader.conf man page. > > > > userconfig_script_load > > (``NO'') If set to ``YES'', will load the userconfig > > data. > > > >Thanks for clarifying that Kevin, > >Since I'm using a custom kernel with all the correct devices I can just >change the "YES to "NO" in userconfig_script_load="YES" in >/boot/loader.conf, Correct? > >I have already done the same affect by removing the entries from >kernel.conf. I'd just make the kernel config blank- you never know when u might have to use it. --- doug reynolds | the maverick | mav@wastegate.net PGP Public Key Fingerprint: 6E7B 9993 B503 6D45 E33A 2019 26E5 C1DB To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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