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Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 20:09:19 -0800
From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
To: Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com>
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/gx if_gx.c if_gxreg.h if_gxvar.h
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On Thu, Nov 15, 2001 at 08:16:13PM -0600, Mike Silbersack wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 15 Nov 2001, Steve Kargl wrote:
> 
> > Add '#include "if_wx.h"' to if_wx.c.
> >
> > cat > if_wx.h
> > #error "The wx device has been supereed by the gx device.
> 
> The problem with that is that if someone recompiles GENERIC, they'll
> suddenly have a kernel with gx instead of wx, which will detect their
> network card, but not use it upon boot.
> 
> Subtle, but potentially very annoying for someone with a remotely
> colocated box doing a remote kernel upgrade.
> 

If a user recompiles GENERIC, then it should be obvious
that the user knows what they are doing or the user
doesn't read the supplied documentation.

-- 
Steve

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