Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 13:42:31 -0500 (EST) From: Tom Rhodes <darklogik@pittgoth.com> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: docs/32679: Kernel Config chapter could use touching up Message-ID: <200112101842.fBAIgVn02223@pittgoth.com>
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>Number: 32679
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: Kernel Config chapter could use touching up
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Mon Dec 10 10:50:01 PST 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:
>Release: FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
>Description:
Handbook, Kernel config could use improvement
>How-To-Repeat:
Read, pretent your new, and ask youself "what if" and "could I"
>Fix:
Read this patch, if you like it, commit it, if you don't, edit or complain to me
*** chapter.old Thu Dec 6 19:35:16 2001
--- chapter.sgml Thu Dec 6 20:49:19 2001
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*** 111,117 ****
</listitem>
<listitem>
! <para>Less memory use. A custom kernel often uses less memory
than the <literal>GENERIC</literal> kernel, which is important
because the kernel is one process that must always be present in
memory. For this reason, a custom kernel is especially useful
--- 111,117 ----
</listitem>
<listitem>
! <para>Less memory usage. A custom kernel often uses less memory
than the <literal>GENERIC</literal> kernel, which is important
because the kernel is one process that must always be present in
memory. For this reason, a custom kernel is especially useful
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*** 160,166 ****
<username>root</username>, choosing <literal>Configure</literal>,
then <literal>Distributions</literal>, then
<literal>src</literal>, then <literal>sys</literal>.</para>
! </note>
<para>Next, move to the
<filename><replaceable>arch</replaceable>/conf</filename> directory
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<username>root</username>, choosing <literal>Configure</literal>,
then <literal>Distributions</literal>, then
<literal>src</literal>, then <literal>sys</literal>.</para>
! <para>Another way we could do this is by using the commandline and
! typing out <screen><procedure>
! &prompt.root; <userinput>mount</userinput> /cdrom
! &prompt.root; <userinput>mkdir -p</userinput>
! <filename>/usr/src/sys</filename>
! &prompt.root; <userinput>ln -s</userinput> /usr/src/sys
! /sys
! &prompt.root; <userinput>cat /mnt/cdrom/sys/ssys.[a-d]* | tar
! -xzvf</userinput>
! </procedure>
! </screen><para>
! </note>
<para>Next, move to the
<filename><replaceable>arch</replaceable>/conf</filename> directory
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*** 202,210 ****
denied</errortype> errors.</para>
</note>
! <para>Now, edit <filename>MYKERNEL</filename> with your favorite text
! editor. If you are just starting out, the only editor available
! will probably be <command>vi</command>, which is too complex to
explain here, but is covered well in many books in the <link
linkend="bibliography">bibliography</link>. However, FreeBSD does
offer an easier editor called <quote>ee</quote> which, if you are a
--- 213,227 ----
denied</errortype> errors.</para>
</note>
! <para>Alternativly you could store your entire config file inside the
! kernel itself and then use a command to extract it later. This is a great
! idea if you have a significantly small <filename>/usr</filename> partition,
! and don't really wish to keep the sources around. We will explain this
! procedure later.</para>
!
! <para>Now, edit <filename>MYKERNEL</filename> with
! your favorite text editor. If you are just starting out, the only editor
! available will probably be <command>vi</command>, which is too complex to
explain here, but is covered well in many books in the <link
linkend="bibliography">bibliography</link>. However, FreeBSD does
offer an easier editor called <quote>ee</quote> which, if you are a
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*** 976,981 ****
--- 993,1008 ----
<para>This is for an Iomega Zip drive. It requires
<literal>scbus</literal> and <literal>da</literal> support. Best
performance is achieved with ports in EPP 1.9 mode.</para>
+
+
+ <para>Uncomment this line to store this configuration file into your
+ kernel, you will be able to extract it later using the command
+ <screen><userinput>&prompt.root; strings -n 3 /kernel |sed 's/^__//p' >
+ <replaceable>MYKERNEL</replaceable</userinput></screen>
+ <programlist>#options INCLUDEC_CONFIG_FILE #Include this config
+ file</programlist></para>
+
+
<programlisting># PCI Ethernet NICs.
device de # DEC/Intel DC21x4x (<quote>Tulip</quote>)
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