From owner-freebsd-current Sun Aug 27 18:40:52 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (Odin.AC.HMC.Edu [134.173.32.75]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D3C637B423 for ; Sun, 27 Aug 2000 18:40:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from brdavis@localhost) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.11.0/8.11.0) id e7S1ebY22983; Sun, 27 Aug 2000 18:40:37 -0700 Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 18:40:37 -0700 From: Brooks Davis To: Motomichi Matsuzaki Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: hints static wiring Message-ID: <20000827184037.A22500@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> References: <867l92lw8e.wl@tkc.att.ne.jp> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <867l92lw8e.wl@tkc.att.ne.jp>; from mzaki@e-mail.ne.jp on Sun, Aug 27, 2000 at 09:33:21PM +0900 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Aug 27, 2000 at 09:33:21PM +0900, Motomichi Matsuzaki wrote: > > When kernel is built with static device wiring > (i.e. 'hints' line is enabled in the config file), > is /boot/device.hints required? > > Doing 'make install' without /boot/device.hints is failed, > saying "You must set up a /boot/device.hints file first." > Is this right? You should read cvs-all. There was a commit by Peter which forces you to install a /boot/device.hints file to install a kernel as an anti-foot shooting measure. An empty file (ie touch /boot/device.hints) is acceptable for those who don't want to use a hints file. -- Brooks -- Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message