Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 12:27:21 -0700 From: Freddie Cash <fcash@ocis.net> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Performance of 4.x vs 5.x (Re: Lifetime of FreeBSD branches) Message-ID: <200505241227.22642.fcash@ocis.net> In-Reply-To: <20050524191424.GA52486@uws1.starlofashions.com> References: <d6tic1$pis$1@FreeBSD.csie.NCTU.edu.tw> <200505241207.35873.fcash@ocis.net> <20050524191424.GA52486@uws1.starlofashions.com>
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On May 24, 2005 12:14 pm, Scott Robbins wrote: > On Tue, May 24, 2005 at 12:07:35PM -0700, Freddie Cash wrote: > > There are two NOTES files for each CPU architecture. > > One is for the CPU architecture dependent items and is located > > at /usr/src/sys/<arch>/conf/NOTES Just replace <arch> with the CPU > > architecture (i386, amd64, etc). > > The other is for items that apply to all CPU architectures, and is > > located at /usr/src/sys/conf/NOTES. > > You have to read both. The PREEMPTION option is in the second file > > above. > Judging from the forums and various other things, it seems that a lot of > people aren't aware of the second NOTES file. (Of course, you can do > make LINT while in <arch>/conf, which I blush to admit, is what I did > before I realized the existance of the second NOTES file. :) =46rom the top of /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/NOTES: # NOTES -- Lines that can be cut/pasted into kernel and hints configs. # # This file contains machine dependent kernel configuration notes. For # machine independent notes, look in /sys/conf/NOTES. # # $FreeBSD: src/sys/i386/conf/NOTES,v 1.1168.2.5.2.2 2005/05/01 05:38:13=20 dwhite Exp $ # Like they say, doesn't matter how good the documentation is if nobody reads= =20 it fully. :) =2D-=20 =46reddie Cash fcash@ocis.net
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