Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 17:15:23 -0700 (PDT) From: Alex <garbanzo@hooked.net> To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Higher-level kernel config? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970919171324.864B-100000@zippy.dyn.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <199709192006.NAA29936@usr03.primenet.com>
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On Fri, 19 Sep 1997, Terry Lambert wrote: > > I was just noticing that I have 3 or 4 customized config files here for > > various FreeBSD machines, and that stuff changes in the GENERIC and LINT > > files *much* more often than I change hardware in my machines. > > > I'm curious: could there ever be a case where you would not want to > include a driver for hardware that was actually in your machine? If > not, then I think dynamic autoconfiguration is the way to go. Yes, for instance I have a 3c509 in my system, and Win98 trys to use dhcp over it automatically, even though at the moment I'm not using an ethernet network. Or say if I wanted to use my external modem instead of my internal without changing my /dev/modem symlink. - alex
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