Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2002 20:04:34 -0700 (PDT) From: David Syphers <dsyphers@uchicago.edu> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/40250: FAQ contains reference to outdated kernel option "VM86" Message-ID: <200207060304.g6634Yk8081698@www.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 40250
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: FAQ contains reference to outdated kernel option "VM86"
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
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>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Fri Jul 05 20:10:04 PDT 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: David Syphers
>Release: 4.6-STABLE
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD Yggdrasil 4.6-STABLE FreeBSD 4.6-STABLE #0: Fri Jun 28 22:18:36 CDT 2002 dsyphers@Yggdrasil:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/YGGDRASIL i386
>Description:
The FAQ, in section 11.16, says, "Note that VESA support requires the VM86 kernel option to be compiled into the kernel." VM86 was made a standard component of the kernel by rev. 1.115 to sys/conf/options.i386 on June 1, 1999, and is no longer a kernel option.
>How-To-Repeat:
See, for example, http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/x.html#INSTALL-SPLASH
>Fix:
Remove reference to the VM86 option, or mention it in conjuction with a comment that it is only needed on old systems.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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