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Date:      Wed, 27 Sep 2000 09:27:00 -0700
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To:        Sue Wainer <wainer@sandgate.com>
Cc:        freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Kernel configuration with new device drivers
Message-ID:  <20000927092700.X9141@fw.wintelcom.net>
In-Reply-To: <NDBBLIBAPKIAHMINJJNFIELCCCAA.wainer@sandgate.com>; from wainer@sandgate.com on Wed, Sep 27, 2000 at 11:29:19AM -0400
References:  <NDBBLIBAPKIAHMINJJNFIELCCCAA.wainer@sandgate.com>

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* Sue Wainer <wainer@sandgate.com> [000927 08:29] wrote:
> What is the proper way to specify new driver source modules for a kernel
> configuration?
> E.g., the config manual page mentions /sys/i386/conf/files.ERNIE. How does
> this file
> get picked up when runing "config ERNIE"? Should files.i386 be modified to
> include it?

If it's archetecture neutral you want to use:
/usr/src/sys/conf/files

If it's i386 specific you want to use:
/usr/src/sys/conf/files.i386

The reason for the /sys/i386/conf/files.ERNIE file is so you can have
a local modification without it being wiped out by cvsup.

-- 
-Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org]
"I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk."


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