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

Marcel Moolenaar marcel at xcllnt.net
Sun Mar 21 10:42:01 PST 2004


On Sun, Mar 21, 2004 at 02:19:05PM +0100, Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav wrote:
> Ruslan Ermilov <ru at FreeBSD.org> writes:
> > Any explanation of what makes IA-64 so special in this respect
> > would be appreciated.
> 
> unlike i386, ia64 can boot without hints.
> 
> I really wish this were the case for i386 as well...  I believe the
> only hint which is actually required for a modern PCI-based PC is
> hint.vga.0.at="isa".

And sc0. This is utterly bogus, because syscons is not even an ISA
device, but implemented as such. It should be rewritten to attach
in the same way null, md, geom and the likes are attached.

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