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Date:      Thu, 07 Mar 1996 23:22:35 -0800
From:      "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
To:        Ken Lam <klam@awod.com>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: New kernel option proposed.. 
Message-ID:  <16812.826269755@time.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 07 Mar 1996 22:24:38 EST." <1.5.4b11.32.19960308032438.006be60c@awod.com> 

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> Hmmm.. seems more obvious, but then won't that kind of mean that we 
> can't say RTFM?  After all, the standard 4.4bsd manuals, Unix System 
> Administrator Handbook, etc.. all refer to GENERIC in their kernel 
> configuration sections.  

I'm not proposing to remove the generic kernel, simply the magic
meaning of the keyword "GENERIC" in our kernel sources.  What if you
wanted to compile a non-GENERIC kernel with safety belts still intact?

						Jordan



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