svn commit: r184194 - in head/sys: conf mips/conf

[Marcel Moolenaar]

On Oct 24, 2008, at 1:50 AM, Bruce M. Simpson wrote:

> Warner Losh wrote:
>>>  Add mips/conf/DEFAULTS and populate it with:
>>>          machine arm
>>>          device  mem
>>>  	device  uart_ns8250
>>>          options GEOM_BSD
>>>          options GEOM_MBR
>>>    Remove the first three from all kernel configuration files
>>>  (sometimes commented-out) and change geom_bsd and geom_mbr
>>>  from standard to optional.
>>>
>>
>> We shouldn't be using DEFAULTS for this.
>>
>
> I agree. Marcel, can you please back this change out (at least the  
> mips or SENTRY5 part of it) ?
>
> uart support isn't ready on SENTRY5; shipping these drivers in a  
> default configuration just adds dead wood on a platform where kernel  
> size is critical.

I have no problem reverting, but the reasons you put forward
don't hold. uart(4) is not enabled by default so there's no
change to the SENTRY5 configuration at all in that respect.
Please provide other grounds for reversal.

-- 
Marcel Moolenaar
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