From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Oct 12 14:40:55 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id OAA18527 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 12 Oct 1997 14:40:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from wakky.dyn.ml.org (lee@1Cust92.tnt1.manassas.va.da.uu.net [153.37.113.92]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id OAA18517 for ; Sun, 12 Oct 1997 14:40:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from lee@wakky.dyn.ml.org) Received: (from lee@localhost) by wakky.dyn.ml.org (8.8.5/8.8.3) id RAA00655; Sun, 12 Oct 1997 17:40:36 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <19971012174035.46037@wakky.dyn.ml.org> Date: Sun, 12 Oct 1997 17:40:35 -0400 From: Lee Cremeans To: Terry Lambert Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fnord0: disabled, not probed. Reply-To: hcremean@vt.edu References: <199710122057.NAA21013@usr05.primenet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.81e In-Reply-To: <199710122057.NAA21013@usr05.primenet.com>; from Terry Lambert on Sun, Oct 12, 1997 at 08:57:30PM +0000 X-OS: FreeBSD 2.2-RELEASE X-Evil: microsoft.com Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, Oct 12, 1997 at 08:57:30PM +0000, Terry Lambert wrote: > > > > > So what do folks think, can I kill it? [he said already knowing that > > > > > at least one dissenting vote will come from bde, great champion of > > > > > chatty kernels that he is. ;-)] > > [...] > > > > > > How will I know I have unused drivers if I don't get this message? > > > > You will make a mental note to do so when you disable them. > > What will I do if I buy a used machine with FreeBSD installed on it... > telepathically copy the notebook from the guy selling it? > > It seems we are reaching here to eliminate a perfectly reasonable > warning message from the view of people too lazy to rebuild their > kernel with fewer devices. Okkay, time out. WHat's being proposed is the removal of the "disabled, not probed" message, NOT the "device not found" messages. Read Jordan's post again. -- Lee C. -- Manassas, VA, USA (WakkyMouse on DALnet #watertower) A! JW223 YWD+++^ri P&B++ SL+++^i GDF B&M KK--i MD+++i P++ I++++ Did $++ E5/10/70/3c/73ac Ee34/1/36 H2 PonPippi Ay77 M | hcremean (at) vt.edu FreeBSD/Linux/Unix hacker...Win95 and M$ evil! (go see www.freebsd.org) My home page: http://wakky.dyn.ml.org/~lee | finger me for geek code