Subject: Re: Zoom. Now what? :)
To: matthew green <mrg@eterna.com.au>
From: Berndt Josef Wulf <wulf@dingo.ping.net.au>
List: port-alpha
Date: 08/02/1999 21:49:51
matthew green wrote
>
>
> > I've noticed that some options I'm used to seeing on are off in GENERIC,
> > such as kernfs and procfs. Do these have problems, or are they just not
> > useful to Alpha users? :)
>
> This is because the meaning of the GENERIC kernel has been corrupted
> a little on other ports. It's supposed to mean: "everything you might
> need to get going", not "everything under the sun". Like many other
> things, it's more right over here. :-)
Take a look at /sys/arch/alpha/conf/ALPHA
This is what I use to customize my kernel. It also show the options
for kernfs and procfs, which I had running on previous installs on my
system and I am confident it still will under NetBSD-1.4
cheerio Berndt
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