From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Dec 21 20:55:07 1995 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id UAA06865 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 21 Dec 1995 20:55:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from bacchus.eng.umd.edu (bacchus.eng.umd.edu [129.2.94.5]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id UAA06860 for ; Thu, 21 Dec 1995 20:55:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from espresso.eng.umd.edu (espresso.eng.umd.edu [129.2.98.13]) by bacchus.eng.umd.edu (8.7.3/8.7) with ESMTP id XAA18577; Thu, 21 Dec 1995 23:54:51 -0500 (EST) Received: (chuckr@localhost) by espresso.eng.umd.edu (8.7.3/8.6.4) id XAA14213; Thu, 21 Dec 1995 23:54:52 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1995 23:54:51 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey X-Sender: chuckr@espresso.eng.umd.edu To: Ade Barkah cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: device npx0 (was Re: your mail) In-Reply-To: <199512220218.TAA03750@hemi.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 21 Dec 1995, Ade Barkah wrote: > > > > This is the configuration of my kernel: > > > my machine is a pentium 90 with a sound card can yuo help me? > > > # > > > # $Id: GENERIC,v 1.46.2.6 1995/10/25 17:29:51 jkh Exp $ > > > > Well, for one thing, the npx0 device is not optional, you _must_ put it > > back in. You don't have a choice on that. > > Maybe programs like config should check for non-optional devices > and warn the user if any are missing. Well, I don't know enough to fix this myself, but it really seems that there shouldn't be _any_ non-optional things in config. I don't see any functional reason for it, except perhaps to test folks patience. I think that this was caused by a temporary mistake in the handbook ... and that means we can expect a pretty steady flow of complaints on this, until the info finally gets aged. ============================================================================ Chuck Robey chuckr@eng.umd.edu -- I run FreeBSD on n3lxx and Journey2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Dilbert Zone is Dilbert's new WWW home! The area features never-before-seen original sketches of Dilbert, a photo tour of Scott Adams' studio, Dilbert Trivia and memorabilia, high school photos and much more!: