On 4/29/06, Quentin Garnier <cube@cubidou.net> wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 29, 2006 at 09:42:44PM +0100, Amadeus Stevenson wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > 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
> >
> > a) I don't know what they do
> > b) I don't know if I need them
> >
> > 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>".

As I said, the netbsd-guide doesn't mention options(4) in the kernel
tuning sections.

Perhaps this could be added? I realise its referenced in the first
page of a GENERIC kernel, but this would nevertheless be useful.

Thanks,

Amadeus