RE: Questions on kernel options enabled by default on i386 but not atari...

[David Ross <dross%pobox.com@localhost>]

Thanks!  For what it's worth, I've been running with an "options NTP" enabled 
kernel for a while now with no problem.
 
David Ross
dross%pobox.com@localhost
 

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> To: port-atari%NetBSD.org@localhost
> CC: tsutsui%ceres.dti.ne.jp@localhost
> Subject: Re: Questions on kernel options enabled by default on i386 but not 
> atari...
> From: tsutsui%ceres.dti.ne.jp@localhost
> Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 18:28:19 +0900
>
> (a late reply as a part of hackathon13 :-)
>
>> I noticed that "options NTP" is not set on Atari, but it is set on i386.
> :
>> Is there good reason the NTP option is disabled on Atari, or
>> could it just be an oversight?
>
> This kernel option is mentioned in options(4) man page.
> In short word, this option provides more efficient
> in-kernel PLL support for NTP, but NTP can still work
> in userland without this kernel support. (with a bit less precision?)
>
> I guess network interfaces are not so common on atari machines
> so options NTP isn't enabled by default.
>
>> There were also a few pseudo-devices enabled on i386 by default
>> but disabled on atari, including: crypto, swcrypto, ksyms
>
> AFAIK, crypto and swcrypto are required when we use some hardware
> accelerated cryptographic devices (like hifn(4) at pci etc).
>
> On the other hand, ksyms(4) might be useful even on normal operations
> like savecore(8), pmap(1) etc..
> ---
> Izumi Tsutsui