Date: Fri, 5 Jun 1998 22:38:29 +0200 (MET DST) From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "swaps on generic" - what a name... Message-ID: <199806052038.WAA18669@uriah.heep.sax.de> References: <Pine.NEB.3.95.980601210249.21800B-100000@korin.warman.org.pl>
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Andrzej Bialecki <abial@nask.pl> wrote: > What's your opinion on the above clause in kernel config file? I > know it's the holy tradition which stands behind it, but I find it > totally misleading in current state of affairs. It is. And IMHO, our GENERIC kernel should also use it instead of specifying an explicit root device. > Could it be expressed better in terms of normal kernel option, say > "options ASK_ROOT"? ASK_ROOT should be possible with all kernels, regardless of whether they are using a generic root device (i.e., they always have to adjust the root device to the boot device) or not. There's no reason i could see to prevent explicitly specified kernels to allow for a -a option. So it's probably best as config kernel generic to say there's no predefined root device. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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