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Date:      Sat, 31 May 1997 18:33:52 -0700
From:      "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
To:        Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com>
Cc:        Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: LINT and GENERIC - between a rock and a generic place. 
Message-ID:  <7878.865128832@time.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 31 May 1997 17:41:18 PDT." <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970531173527.5274A-100000@misery.sdf.com> 

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>   Why can't these be handled like setting device setttings (IRQs,
> baseports, etc)?  Boot with a "-c" to change them, before the kernel is
> really running, and then write the changes into kernel after boot with
> dset.

Because it's a totally different mechanism than editing isa_device
structures in userconfig? Are you volunteering to make the changes
that many have discussed but no one has undertaken in order to
support generalized variable setting in userconfig? ;-)

					Jordan



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