Subject: Re: NetBSD 1.5 kernel config...
To: None <port-i386@netbsd.org>
From: Henry Nelson <henry@irm.nara.kindai.ac.jp>
List: port-i386
Date: 01/29/2001 16:29:30
> # CPU-related options.
> options         MATH_EMULATE    # floating point emulation
> #^^^ anyone got a 25MHz 387sx laying around?  ;-) -ASB

No.  (I'm using it! :-)  A question I've been burning to ask for a long
time, though, is: do I need or want this option if I've got a 387 processor
installed?  What about >486s that don't have a separate numerical processor
to begin with?

> #file-system    FDESC           # /dev/fd
[...]
> fdc0    at isa? port 0x3f0 irq 6 drq 2  # standard PC floppy controllers
> #fdc1   at isa? port 0x370 irq ? drq ?
> fd*     at fdc? drive ?                 # the drives themselves

If you've got /dev/fd turned off, is the floppy drive going to be of any
use?  (I don't know; that's why I'm asking.)

> pseudo-device   bpfilter        8       # Berkeley packet filter
> pseudo-device   ipfilter                # IP filter (firewall) and NAT

Same sort of wondering (assuming you're looking for a "minimal" config): if
you only have one interface (serial?), are these going to be useful?

henry nelson