At 1:32 PM +0100 11/26/01, charlie.root@pandora.be wrote:

>Two things strike me as odd here; first, if some options are indeed 
>mandatory to have a working kernel, why are they called options? and 
>why is this not documented in the configuration file? (or anywhere 
>else)

Because the definition of "mandatory" varies with configuration.

On a pre-quadra, you can boot a kernel which has no NCR SCSI 
built-in, and you can boot a kernel that has no SBC SCSI 
built-in...but you cannot boot a kernel with neither. But a Quadra 
can boot a kernel with neither NCR nor SBC SCSI built-in, because 
Quadras use the esp driver instead.

Ordinarily, when you're deciding on a kernel config file, open a copy 
of the GENERIC or GENERIC-SBC file, and also, in another window, have 
your dmesg open. There, you can see what systems you are currently 
using, and use that as a baseline for turning off options. Also, you 
shouldn't go around turning off options unless you actually know what 
they do.

HTH
Mike
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