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Date:      Mon, 19 Apr 2010 02:43:51 -0700
From:      Garrett Cooper <yanefbsd@gmail.com>
To:        Rob <spamrefuse@yahoo.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: "8.6 The Configuration File" out of date?
Message-ID:  <m2x7d6fde3d1004190243xbea440b2uecc3648b8450aefd@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <595984.2470.qm@web33308.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 12:54 AM, Rob <spamrefuse@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I wonder if somebody add/remove the kernel options that
> came & went with FreeBSD 8.0.
>
> For example:
>
> Those that seemed to have disappeared:
>
> machine =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0i386

What architecture was this for -- amd64, i386, etc?

> options =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0GEOM_GPT

Should be GEOM_PART_GPT

> options =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0COMPAT_43

Eh...? This still should be in there according to NOTES.

> options =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0ADAPTIVE_GIANT

Yes, this should be removed.

> New ones that appeared in GENERIC
> (at least: they are not discussed in the Handbook, 8.6):
>
> options =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0SCTP
> options =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 UFS_GJOURNAL
> options =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 GEOM_PART_GPT
> options =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 GEOM_LABEL
> options =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 COMPAT_43TTY
> options =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 COMPAT_FREEBSD6
> options =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 COMPAT_FREEBSD7
> options =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 STACK
> options =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 P1003_1B_SEMAPHORES
> options =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 PRINTF_BUFR_SIZE=3D128

    These are all discussed in sys/conf/NOTES though, so they
definitely need to be updated in the handbook.
    I'd file a PR with your findings and assign it to the doc category.
Thanks for the keen eyes :)!
-Garrett



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