Subject: Re: Kernel compile options?
To: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@loki.stanford.edu>
From: Paul Forgey <paulf@aphrodite.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 10/18/1997 16:42:42
If it helps to have a practical testimonial, I compiled my kernel with
DISABLE_EXT_CACHE commented out for my IIci (thus enabling it), running
an external cache, and the system seems to be perfectly stable.
Bill Studenmund wrote:
>
> >
> > HI,
> >
> > I'm trying my hand at compiling a custom kernel, and wonder about some options I've seen around the net for Netbsd...
> >
> > I'd appreciate the time anyone takes to explain these. Maybe the results can be put in the FAQ for kernel building?
>
> Actually, many of the items are in man options. Ones which aren't there should
> get added to it.
>
> To get a feel for what's changable and what's not, look at the GENERIC
> config and the other configs in /sys/arch/mac68k/conf. If something's
> duplicated in all of them, then chances are it's important.
>
> > Thanks!
> >
> >
> > Is the IIci cache support unstable/experimental?
> > options DISABLE_EXT_CACHE # Don't use IIci external cache
[snipped]
>
> Recently it came up that this option is probably no longer needed.
>