Subject: Re: config(8) enhancements
To: None <tech-kern@netbsd.org>
From: Luke Mewburn <lukem@wasabisystems.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 06/04/2002 23:56:34
On Tue, Jun 04, 2002 at 10:51:35PM +0900, itojun@iijlab.net wrote:
| >I've added a new keyword to the config(8) file grammar - "no" - which
| >may be used in the follow ways:
| > no pseudo-device foo
| > no options foo[,bar[,...]]
| > no mkoptions foo
| > no file-system foo
| (snip)
| >The purpose of this is to allow you to easily create custom config
| >files by including "GENERIC" and then disabling stuff you're not
| >interested in.
|
| it will also be useful to have sys/conf/GENERIC and share it
| across multiple ports (like "options INET" or "pseudo-device loop").
| by doing so we will be able to reduce the maintenance cost of
| arch/*/conf/GENERIC configuration files dramatically.
yes, i had considered this idea (as a separate effort, but leveraging
off these config(8) mods).
possibly something like "sys/dev/pci/conf.pci" to go with
"sys/dev/pci/files.pci" ?
luke.