Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 20:09:19 -0800 From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> To: Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com> Cc: 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: <20011115200919.A79451@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> 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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On Thu, Nov 15, 2001 at 08:16:13PM -0600, Mike Silbersack wrote: > > On Thu, 15 Nov 2001, Steve Kargl wrote: > > > Add '#include "if_wx.h"' to if_wx.c. > > > > cat > if_wx.h > > #error "The wx device has been supereed by the gx device. > > 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. > If a user recompiles GENERIC, then it should be obvious that the user knows what they are doing or the user doesn't read the supplied documentation. -- Steve To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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