Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 08:28:15 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> Cc: Bill Paul <wpaul@FreeBSD.org>, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, jb@cimlogic.com.au Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/conf options src/sys/i386/i386 autoconf.c src/sys/i386/conf GENERIC LINT Makefile.i386 files.i386 Message-ID: <19990510082815.J22791@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <19990509222214.B069E1F73@spinner.netplex.com.au>; from Peter Wemm on Mon, May 10, 1999 at 06:22:12AM %2B0800 References: <19990509214212.2A41015168@hub.freebsd.org> <19990509222214.B069E1F73@spinner.netplex.com.au>
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On Monday, 10 May 1999 at 6:22:12 +0800, Peter Wemm wrote: > Bill Paul wrote: >>> In message <199905092039.GAA15011@cimlogic.com.au>, John Birrell writes: >>>> Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: >>>>> Major lobotomy of config(8). The >>>>> >>>>> config kernel mumble mumble >>>>> >>>>> line has been obsoleted and removed and with it went all knowledge of >>>>> devices on the part of config. >>>> >>>> Does this change mean that it is no longer possible to choose the name >>>> of the "kernel"? I was using this "feature" for embedded kernels that >>>> get loaded into flash on boards. These embedded kernels aren't general, >>>> so I thought they deserved to have board-specific names. >>> >>> Uhm, sorry, didn't think anybody used that feature (considering how >>> many places "kernel" was already hardcoded). >> >> Well now you know. Please put it back (not all of it, just the ability >> to say "config foo" to specify the name of the kernel image). > > Umm, would this do? > > makeoptions KERNEL=foo What advantage does this have over "config foo"? The obvious disadvantage is that it appears to be a gratuitous change. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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