Subject: NetBSD 1.5 Kernel Config
To: None <port-i386@netbsd.org>
From: Andrew Steven Ball <kb9ylw@cyberspace.org>
List: port-i386
Date: 01/29/2001 12:22:22
Hello Mark!
MJW> Looks pretty good to me. :-)
Hurrah!
MJW> ...IIRC you can drop COMPAT_14 now we are in
> 1.5-release; I originally wrote this for one of the
> 1.5 betas. Is this right, anybody?
Sounds good.
MJW> If you were to build with against -current, you'd
> presumably want COMPAT_15 in there.
I'd probably use 1.5-release (I think)
MJW> On the rare occasions I exchange files by floppy
> disk, I use MSDOS fs; otherwise it probably isn't
> needed.
Okay, I'll probably drop that then.
MJW> Yep, sure; I deliberately wanted wscons on this one,
> but pccons should work fine. Are you intending to
> mostly use it via the network?
What network? <grin> How would I go about using pccons
instead of wscons? I've had trouble with wscons on some
hardware, although not specifically on george.
MJW> If you don't use it (manually), you may not need vnd
> (block device loopback) - anybody know?
So I won't break anything by turning it off?
Regards,
- Andy.