Fw: GENERIC and DEFAULTS

[Philippe PEGON]

dick hoogendijk wrote:
> On Wed, 02 Nov 2005 23:27:15 +0100
> Philippe PEGON <Philippe.Pegon at crc.u-strasbg.fr> wrote:
> 
> 
>>Ken Menzel wrote:
>>
>>>>  options INVARIANT_SUPPORT
>>>>
>>>>  nooptions WITNESS
>>>>  nooptions WITNESS_SKIP_SPIN
>>>
>>>
>>>If I include GENERIC can I comment out  the following?
>>>#cpu            I486_CPU
>>>#cpu            I586_CPU
>>>
>>>Does this make any difference?  I have always done this out of
>>>habit. would it become
>>
>>in /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/NOTES we can read :
>>
>>#
>># You must specify at least one CPU (the one you intend to run on);
>># deleting the specification for CPUs you don't need to use may make
>># parts of the system run faster.
>>#
>>cpu             I486_CPU
>>cpu             I586_CPU                # aka Pentium(tm)
>>cpu             I686_CPU                # aka Pentium Pro(tm)
>>
>>
>>
>>>nocpu I486_CPU   ?
>>>
>>>Or is this irrelevant as the build knows what CPU I have?
>>
>>if the description is true, it's relevant ;)
> 
> 
> Sure, but I think it's the *syntax* that matters here?
> options -> nooptions / i486_cpu -> no???
> It's OK to leave GENERIC alone, but HOW are things switched off?

sorry, my sentence was incomplete, I wanted to say :

if the description is true, it's relevant to have this option

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Philippe PEGON