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Date:      Sat, 2 Dec 1995 15:51:43 -0500 (EST)
From:      "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org>
To:        Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
Cc:        Julian Elischer <julian@ref.tfs.com>, mark.walters@admin.ox.ac.uk, questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 2.1.0 kernel compilation error?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.951202154907.220C-100000@hub.org>
In-Reply-To: <199512011926.MAA02075@phaeton.artisoft.com>

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On Fri, 1 Dec 1995, Terry Lambert wrote:

> > > 
> > Why does ewvery body assume the  h/w floating point doesn't require 
> > a driver?
> > 
> > npx is not optional..
> > put it back in!
> 
> Probably because there is a line that says:
> 
> device		npx0	at isa? port "IO_NPX" irq 13 vector npxintr
> 
> That implies you are allowed to delete the line.
> 
> It's shouldn't be configurable at all.
>

	I would have to agree with Terry on this one...is npx the
only thing that is in GENERIC that is not optional?  And, since it
isn't optional, why is it in there anyway?  Or are there circumstances
where you would have to change the irq?

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