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From: Chris Costello <chris@calldei.com>
Subject: Re: docs/12181
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The following reply was made to PR docs/12181; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Chris Costello <chris@calldei.com>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
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Subject: Re: docs/12181
Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 00:27:44 -0500

    This patch should deal with the quotes problem.
 
 Index: chapter.sgml
 ===================================================================
 RCS file: /home/ncvs/doc/en/handbook/kernelconfig/chapter.sgml,v
 retrieving revision 1.16
 diff -u -r1.16 chapter.sgml
 --- chapter.sgml	1999/05/28 00:31:25	1.16
 +++ chapter.sgml	1999/07/01 05:26:13
 @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
      <para>Building a custom kernel is one of the most important rites of
        passage every Unix system administrator must endure.  This process,
        while time-consuming, will provide many benefits to your FreeBSD system.
 -      Unlike the <literal>GENERIC</literal> kernel, which must support every
 +      Unlike the <filename>GENERIC</filename> kernel, which must support every
        possible SCSI and network card, along with tons of other rarely used
        hardware support, a custom kernel only contains support for
        <emphasis>your</emphasis> PC's hardware.  This has a number of
 @@ -195,7 +195,8 @@
        
        <variablelist>
  	<varlistentry>
 -	  <term><literal>machine "i386"</literal></term>
 +	  <term><literal>machine <replaceable>arch</replaceable></literal>
 +	  </term>
  	  
  	  <listitem>
  	    <para>The first keyword is <literal>machine</literal>, which,
 @@ -272,19 +273,19 @@
  	  <listitem>
  	    <para>Next, we have <literal>ident</literal>, which is the
  	      identification of the kernel.  You should change this from
 -	      <literal>GENERIC</literal> to whatever you named your kernel, in
 -	      this example, <literal>MYKERNEL</literal>.  The value you put in
 +	      <filename>GENERIC</filename> to whatever you named your kernel, in
 +	      this example, <filename>MYKERNEL</filename>.  The value you put in
  	      <literal>ident</literal> will print when you boot up the kernel,
  	      so it is useful to give a kernel a different name if you want to
  	      keep it separate from your usual kernel (if you want to build an
  	      experimental kernel, for example).  Note that, as with
 -	      <literal>machine</literal> and <literal> cpu</literal>, enclose
 +	      <literal>machine</literal> and <literal>cpu</literal>, enclose
  	      your kernel's name in quotation marks if it contains any
  	      numbers.</para>
  		  
  	    <para>Since this name is passed to the C compiler as a
  	      <option>-D</option> switch, do not use names like
 -	      <literal>DEBUG</literal>, or something that could be confused
 +	      <filename>DEBUG</filename>, or something that could be confused
  	      with another machine or CPU name, like
  	      <literal>vax</literal>.</para>
  	  </listitem>
 @@ -870,7 +871,7 @@
  	</varlistentry>
  	
  	<varlistentry>
 -	  <term><literal>device st0</literal></term>
 +	  <term><literal>device sa0</literal></term>
  	  
  	  <listitem>
  	    <para>Support for SCSI tape drives.</para>
 @@ -1403,9 +1404,9 @@
  	  <title>Sound cards</title>
        
        <para>This is the first section containing lines that are not in the
 -	GENERIC kernel.  To include sound card support, you will have to copy
 -	the appropriate lines from the LINT kernel (which contains support for
 -	<emphasis>every</emphasis> device) as follows:</para>
 +	<filename>GENERIC</filename> kernel.  To include sound card support, you
 +	will have to copy the appropriate lines from the LINT kernel (which
 +	support for <emphasis>every</emphasis> device) as follows:</para>
  	  
        
        <variablelist>
 -- 
 Chris Costello                                <chris@calldei.com>
 If at first you don't succeed, call it version 1.0
 


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