cvs commit: src/sys/conf kern.post.mk

[Marcel Moolenaar]

On Sun, Mar 21, 2004 at 01:12:25PM +0200, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 20, 2004 at 02:47:30PM -0800, Marcel Moolenaar wrote:
> > marcel      2004/03/20 14:47:30 PST
> > 
> >   FreeBSD src repository
> > 
> >   Modified files:
> >     sys/conf             kern.post.mk 
> >   Log:
> >   Don't make having ${DESTDIR}/boot/device.hints a prerequisite to
> >   installing a kernel on ia64.
> >   
> >   Revision  Changes    Path
> >   1.63      +7 -1      src/sys/conf/kern.post.mk
> > 
> Any explanation of what makes IA-64 so special in this respect
> would be appreciated.

Hints are not required for the proper operation of the kernel.
All devices can be found by enumeration so there's no need to
hint the kernel about devices.

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 Marcel Moolenaar	  USPA: A-39004		 marcel at xcllnt.net