On Apr 30,  4:13pm, Leslie Todd Masco wrote:

> I grabbed a brand new sup last night and now config doesn't seem to
> want to work.  Even after copying devices.pmax.oldconf to devices.pmax
> and files.pmax.oldconf to files.pmax, config now tells me that it can
> not proceed without a maxpartitions specifier (files.pmax:2).
> (This is, by the way, after building a new config binary after the
>  previous one had an even harder time of it)
> 
> Taking a look on config/gram.{c.y} -- yep, it wants a maxpartitions
> specifier.  Grepping in conf/ for maxpartitions, I see it in
> files.pmax.newconf.  So, cp files.pmax.newconf to files.pmax.  Now,
> config gives me syntax errors on the kernel file.
> 
> What's going on here?  Are we in the middle of some reworking of
> the configuration code, and if so... how do I get a recent
> sup to yield a kernel?  Is there another channel other than this
> list through which the development is coordinated?

A few days ago, config was replaced with config.new, which everything
else but pmax and one other uses.  I'm not really sure if config moved
to config.old though.  If there isn't an config.old, look for an
old config binary.  If you get desparate, mail me and I'll send you one.

> Thanks,
> 
> 	-- Todd

Simon.