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Date:      Mon, 21 Jul 1997 21:59:07 +1000
From:      Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
To:        asami@cs.berkeley.edu, bde@zeta.org.au
Cc:        ahd@kew.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: switching to seral consoles
Message-ID:  <199707211159.VAA10834@godzilla.zeta.org.au>

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> * Yes, it would be a waste of time to update the man pages for work in
> * progress.
>
>Well, if you say so.
>
> * See LINT for examples.
>
>And it's not a waste of time to upgrade LINT for work in progress?

No, because new options should be put in LINT and maybe in options[.i386]
so that they get used (at least at compile time), so LINT is the right
place to look for all new options - if they aren't there, then the code
controlled by them probably doesn't even compile :-).  It's convenient
to document new flags there, so that there is only one place to look
for new things related to kernel configuration.

>By the way, where can I find information on the "kernel.config" file
>syntax?

It's the same as userconfig command line syntax (where is that documented?
:-), except the file must begin with the keyword USERCONFIG.  The file
normally ends qith `q' to quit userconfig.  Option USERCONFIG_BOOT and the
normal USEERCONFIG option must be configured for kernel.config to work.
Misfeature: USERCONFIG_BOOT together with kernel.config starting and
ending as above stops booting with -c from working.  The config file
is preferred and there is no way to switc to interactive mode.

Bruce



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