Subject: Re: PROBLEMS AND SUGGESTIONF FOR CONFIGURING SWAP ON 1.2_BETA
To: None <current-users@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Guenther Grau <s_grau@ira.uka.de>
List: current-users
Date: 07/25/1996 16:32:13
Hi,

>  > machines that have SCSI interfaces on non-SCSI ready machines?  Is there a
>  > way to override this warning, short of hacking config to simply issue it as
>  > a warning?

Jason answered:

> Actually, while this might be a good idea, it's a semantic inconsistency 
> as far as config(8) is concerned... config(8), as a rule, doesn't allow 
> any use of a device that isn't configured...

Hmm, I don't quite get this. I think that config(8) should very well be able
to configure a kernel with SCSI interface on a machine that does not have one.
In fact, I am almost sure, it is. You only have to put the SCSI interface
into the config file, as well!

  Guenther