Hi,

> I found a reference on the mailing archives about editing the GENERICS
> configuration, but have no idea where/what that is (/etc/rc.conf?).

This is referring to the kernel configuration. If you have the kernel
sources installed, the GENERIC configuration file will be in

  /usr/src/sys/arch/hpcmips/conf/GENERIC .

See

  http://www.netbsd.org/Documentation/kernel/#how_to_build_a_kernel

for information about building kernels.


Alex

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