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Date:      Thu, 15 Jan 2015 16:20:50 +0000
From:      Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org>
To:        John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r277204 - head/sys/amd64/conf
Message-ID:  <20150115162050.GA60729@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <54B7E21B.5080008@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <201501150042.t0F0g7Um018059@svn.freebsd.org> <54B7E21B.5080008@FreeBSD.org>

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On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 10:51:55AM -0500, John Baldwin wrote:
> > [...]
> > +# Pseudo devices.
> > +device		loop			# Network loopback
> > +device		random			# Entropy device
> > +device		padlock_rng		# VIA Padlock RNG
> > +device		rdrand_rng		# Intel Bull Mountain RNG
> > +device		ether			# Ethernet support
> > +device		vlan			# 802.1Q VLAN support
> > +device		tun			# Packet tunnel.
> > +device		gif			# IPv6 and IPv4 tunneling
> 
> These last three definitely work as modules.  (vlan(4) was only recently
> added to GENERIC).

And many other things as well (like SYSV* for example).  I usually go as
far as nodevice'ing io and mem, FWIW.

That said, if we supply reference MINIMAL, it should *really* be minimal.
And it should not be limited to amd64; lest we forget, our primary target
should still be i386.

./danfe



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