Received: from PACIFIC-CARRIER-ANNEX.MIT.EDU by po7.MIT.EDU (5.61/4.7) id AA17648; Tue, 19 Dec 95 14:07:11 EST Received: from halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu by MIT.EDU with SMTP id AA01320; Tue, 19 Dec 95 14:07:10 EST Received: from freefall.FreeBSD.ORG by halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu; (5.65/1.1.8.2/19Aug95-0530PM) id AA14809; Tue, 19 Dec 1995 14:06:41 -0500 Received: from localhost (daemon@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id JAA23099 Tue, 19 Dec 1995 09:08:13 -0800 (PST) Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id JAA23048 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 19 Dec 1995 09:07:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from winky.reno.nv.us (winky.reno.nv.us [140.174.194.250]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id JAA23043 for ; Tue, 19 Dec 1995 09:07:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by winky.reno.nv.us (8.6.11/8.6.9) with SMTP id JAA15523 for ; Tue, 19 Dec 1995 09:07:07 -0800 Message-Id: <199512191707.JAA15523@winky.reno.nv.us> X-Authentication-Warning: winky.reno.nv.us: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Kernel compilation problem In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 19 Dec 1995 14:10:38 +0200." <199512191210.OAA02466@hornet.netac.co.za> Date: Tue, 19 Dec 1995 09:07:06 -0800 From: Eric Blood Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk In message <199512191210.OAA02466@hornet.netac.co.za>you write: >> #device npx0 at isa? port "IO_NPX" irq 13 vector npxintr >This came up a while ago, and things were suggested from better >documentation in GENERIC to disabling the option. > >What was the descision there ? are we going to decument it, or leave >it outa the config file ? (on another note : why is it in the config >file ? It's non-optional, so no-one should ever want to take it out. I thought a software emulation could be dropped in its place in the case of people on 386s without math coprocessors. Eric Blood eblood@cs.unr.edu, http://www.cs.unr.edu/~eblood