Subject: Re: UserKernelConfig (PR 10057)
To: None <thorpej@zembu.com>
From: None <itojun@iijlab.net>
List: tech-kern
Date: 05/09/2000 02:19:37
> > PR 10057 contains openbsd UserKernelConfig ported to netbsd.
> > this allows you to tweak locators for device, and thus allow you to
> > boot from boot floppy on machines with wacky hardware devices.
> > I admit that the patch itself is not very baked, but basically,
> > do people feel it a good thing to have?
>It would be a good thing to have if it actually worked properly.
>The OpenBSD code doesn't work properly with cloned devices, nor does
>it work properly in the case where a device's actual resource may be
>"unknown" (i.e. -1) .. because in that case the locator is often packed,
>and when you modify one, you modify it for many other devices you didn't
>intend to modify.
yup, we need to deal with the above case (current userconf_change seems
to fail on the case you mention). i think we can update it.
itojun