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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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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

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