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Date:      Sun, 12 Oct 1997 17:40:35 -0400
From:      Lee Cremeans <lee@wakky.dyn.ml.org>
To:        Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: fnord0: disabled, not probed.
Message-ID:  <19971012174035.46037@wakky.dyn.ml.org>
In-Reply-To: <199710122057.NAA21013@usr05.primenet.com>; from Terry Lambert on Sun, Oct 12, 1997 at 08:57:30PM %2B0000
References:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.971012160134.2711A-100000@localhost> <199710122057.NAA21013@usr05.primenet.com>

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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.

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