Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 12:52:31 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is /boot/device.hints required if kernel is built with hints? Message-ID: <20060922165231.GA62769@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20060922145945.GA1176@mech-aslap33.men.bris.ac.uk> References: <20060922145945.GA1176@mech-aslap33.men.bris.ac.uk>
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--TB36FDmn/VVEgNH/ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Sep 22, 2006 at 03:59:45PM +0100, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > I was trying to build a kernel with statical device hints by > uncommenting the following line in my kernel configuration file: >=20 > # To statically compile in device wiring instead of /boot/device.hints > hints "VT.hints" # Default places to look for devices. >=20 > Before doing this I moved /boot/device.hints to another location. >=20 > when I do #make install I get >=20 > You must set up a /boot/device.hints file first. > *** Error code 1 >=20 > Stop in /usr/src/sys/i386/compile/VT. >=20 > Why do I need /boot/device.hints if I have the hints in the kernel? You don't, but the test doesn't check whether it's compiled in to the kernel. Just make an empty file. Kris --TB36FDmn/VVEgNH/ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFFBTOWry0BWjoQKURAopcAKD+baHpSTAsTFQRhiCNgetANcu24QCfQ2DQ 8HL8MmMMI+WmrBp1uRPD2aY= =93iq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --TB36FDmn/VVEgNH/--
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