Subject: Re: Kernel configuration questions
To: Amadeus Stevenson <amadeus.stevenson@gmail.com>
From: Quentin Garnier <cube@cubidou.net>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 04/30/2006 00:04:52
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On Sat, Apr 29, 2006 at 09:42:44PM +0100, Amadeus Stevenson wrote:
> Hello,
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> I'm trying to tighten up one of my systems (release-2-0 i386), and
> having a look through the kernel conf realised that there are a lot of
> non-driver entries that
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> a) I don't know what they do
> b) I don't know if I need them
>=20
> Documentation is a little scarce; although only looking at the
> netbsd-guide is perhaps a reason for this.

Scarce?  "man options" is hardly something I'd call scarce.  And for all
the pseudo-devices you're wondering about, "man <device>".

--=20
Quentin Garnier - cube@cubidou.net - cube@NetBSD.org
"When I find the controls, I'll go where I like, I'll know where I want
to be, but maybe for now I'll stay right here on a silent sea."
KT Tunstall, Silent Sea, Eye to the Telescope, 2004.

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