Re: Removing stuff from NOTES because it is in GENEREIC (was: git: f224591746bd - main - Add ASMC_DEBUG make option)

In reply to: Herbert J. Skuhra: "Re: Removing stuff from NOTES because it is in GENEREIC (was: git: f224591746bd - main - Add ASMC_DEBUG make option)"
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From: Andre Albsmeier <mail_at_fbsd2.e4m.org>
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2026 09:56:42 UTC

On Thu, 26-Mar-2026 at 10:31:52 +0100, Herbert J. Skuhra wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Mar 2026, at 10:05, Andre Albsmeier wrote:
> > I stumbled across this commit, especially:
> >
> >>     While here, remove a duplicate `device vt_efifb` directive in `NOTES`
> >>     as it's already handled in the `GENERIC` config
> >
> > Is it correct to remove something from NOTES because it is in GENERIC?
> >
> > My impression was that NOTES contains ALL what can be configured into
> > a kernel (whether it makes sense or not). Am I wrong here?
> 
> This was later reverted:
> https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/commit/?id=9c25620e57f01d8227f0d53c6b2134ab37a49fdf

Well, yes. My intention was to get clarity regarding the approach in general
(removing s.th. from NOTES b/c it's in GENERIC)...