Subject: Re: config(8) enhancements
To: None <tech-kern@netbsd.org>
From: Luke Mewburn <lukem@wasabisystems.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 06/04/2002 23:56:34
On Tue, Jun 04, 2002 at 10:51:35PM +0900, itojun@iijlab.net wrote:
  | >I've added a new keyword to the config(8) file grammar - "no" - which
  | >may be used in the follow ways:
  | >	no pseudo-device foo
  | >	no options foo[,bar[,...]]
  | >	no mkoptions foo
  | >	no file-system foo
  | (snip)
  | >The purpose of this is to allow you to easily create custom config
  | >files by including "GENERIC" and then disabling stuff you're not
  | >interested in.
  | 
  | 	it will also be useful to have sys/conf/GENERIC and share it
  | 	across multiple ports (like "options INET" or "pseudo-device loop").
  | 	by doing so we will be able to reduce the maintenance cost of
  | 	arch/*/conf/GENERIC configuration files dramatically.

yes, i had considered this idea (as a separate effort, but leveraging
off these config(8) mods).

possibly something like "sys/dev/pci/conf.pci" to go with
"sys/dev/pci/files.pci" ?

luke.