Subject: Re: GENERIC questions
To: Hauke Fath <hauke@Espresso.Rhein-Neckar.DE>
From: Matt Thomas <matt@3am-software.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 06/24/2000 15:20:13
At 11:42 PM 6/24/2000 +0200, Hauke Fath wrote:
> > I just installed mac68k 1.5ZD on a recently acquired Quadra 840AV.
> > (it only has 8MB currently... but NetBSD will boot and run in that.)
> >
> > Why does GENERIC have eon enabled (and evidently NETISO)?  There's
> > a lot of fluff that should be trimmed.
>
>"Because we can."
>
>GENERIC has all the (working) features that are available. You are
>expected to configure and build a kernel that contains exactly the
>features you need.

Not true.  GENERIC has all or most of the device, but it shouldn't
have all the kernel options.  It should have the most widely used
ones.
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