Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 23:08:30 -0500 (EST) From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> To: ChrisMic@sbservices.com (Christopher Michaels - SSG) Cc: cjclark@home.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Removing Networking from kernel Message-ID: <199902120408.XAA20097@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> In-Reply-To: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB441A5ED5@site2s1> from Christopher Michaels - SSG at "Feb 11, 99 01:04:16 pm"
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Christopher Michaels - SSG wrote, > Essentially no, you need INET. FreeBSD is a network operating system at > it's core, and to my knowledge won't operate properly w/o it. > > Here is a snippet from the handbook: > (http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/handbook61.html) > > options INET > > Networking support. Leave it in even if you do not plan to be > connected to a network. Most programs require at least loopback networking > (i.e. making network connections within your PC) so this is essentially > mandatory. Then why is it even an "option" in the kernel config if it cannot be built without it? -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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