> My belief is that /sys/conf/files* should only contain references to files
> that *every* port can use..

ahh, so /sys/dev/cons.c shouldn't be in /sys/conf/files, for instance?

...

/sys/conf/files* should contain everything not in /sys/arch.
/sys/arch/*/conf/files* should contain the 'local' things
in /sys/arch.  note that local file specs (e.g. cons.c)
override 'global' ones.

/sys/conf/files* shouldn't contain 'arch' things, and
/sys/arch/*/conf/files* shouldn't contain non-arch things.

yes, this means that some things are screwy in the tree right now;
/sys/scsi should be in /sys/arch/i386/scsi.


If you'd like to prevent idiots from doing the wrong thing
when reading the 'files' file, then create a document that explains
which options work on a given architecture, etc.  It should be
done anyway, to define all of the 'known' options.



cgd

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