From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 5 5: 5:54 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp3.mx.pitdc1.stargate.net (smtp3.mx.pitdc1.stargate.net [206.210.69.143]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9903437B404 for ; Tue, 5 Feb 2002 05:05:50 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 20199 invoked from network); 5 Feb 2002 12:44:35 -0000 Received: from dap-209-166-136-227.nfas.greensburg-tnt-1.sns234.pa.stargate.net (HELO wastegate.net) (209.166.136.227) by smtp3.mx.pitdc1.stargate.net with SMTP; 5 Feb 2002 12:44:35 -0000 Received: from mother.wastegate.net (mother.wg.local [192.168.1.2]) by wastegate.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 7BAFB48449; Tue, 5 Feb 2002 07:44:45 -0500 (EST) From: "Doug Reynolds" To: "Kevin Oberman" , "Scott Gerhardt" Cc: "FreeBSD" Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2002 07:46:51 -0500 Reply-To: "Doug Reynolds" X-Mailer: PMMail 2000 Professional (2.20.2380) For Windows 98 (4.10.2222) In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: RE: Kernel Question Message-Id: <20020205124445.7BAFB48449@wastegate.net> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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