Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 21:53:26 -0500 From: Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com> Cc: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>, Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com>, "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG>, Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@FreeBSD.ORG>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/gx if_gx.c if_gxreg.h if_gxvar.h Message-ID: <20011115215326.F10210@espresso.q9media.com> In-Reply-To: <20011115201355.F71181-100000@achilles.silby.com>; from silby@silby.com on Thu, Nov 15, 2001 at 08:16:13PM -0600 References: <20011115175616.A77299@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20011115201355.F71181-100000@achilles.silby.com>
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Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com> writes: > The problem with that is that if someone recompiles GENERIC, they'll > suddenly have a kernel with gx instead of wx, which will detect their > network card, but not use it upon boot. > > Subtle, but potentially very annoying for someone with a remotely > colocated box doing a remote kernel upgrade. Hopefully, users that upgrade their systems read either the release notes or src/UPDATING. If not, I'm sure they'll have much bigger problems than this one. Best regards, Mike Barcroft To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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