Subject: Re: GENERIC is absurdly big
To: None <port-i386@netbsd.org>
From: Samuel Boivie <z@kdu.se>
List: port-i386
Date: 12/18/2003 19:01:26
Jason Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com> writes:
>GENERIC               "Modern" machines, basically systems that would
>                       have PCI on them.  ISA bus support, and support
>                       for ISA mainboard devices, but not the long list
>                       of ISA Ethernet, SCSI, etc.

I don't know if it's possible to live totally without ISA (assuming usb
keyboard and so on). I'd like to see such a "generic modern" kernel. ISA
feels really old. What exactly is ISA on a modern motherboard anyway?


/ Samuel