Options for a New Kernel
peter lageotakes
plageotakes at yahoo.com
Tue Feb 10 12:14:12 PST 2004
--- Gerard Seibert <gerard-seibert at rcn.com> wrote:
> I am still trying to learn how FreeBSD works. Can I
> create a new kernel file with the following entries
> or are they just for use in the loader.conf file?
>
> hint.acpi.0.disabled=0 # enable ACPI (i386
> only)
> hw.ata.ata_dma=1 # enable IDE DMA
> hw.ata.atapi_dma=1 # enable ATAPI/IDE DMA
> hw.ata.wc=1 # enable IDE
> disk write cache
> hw.eisa_slots=0 # disable probing for
> EISA devices
>
> If I can place them in the kernel file, what would
> be the correct syntax to use, and where in the file
> should I place it? Would I have to do anything else
> special before compiling the kernel?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Gerard Seibert
> gerard-seibert at rcn.com
>
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You might want to look into using:
sysctl and sysctl.conf
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sysctl&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+4.9-RELEASE&format=html
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sysctl.conf&sektion=5&apropos=0&manpath=FreeBSD+4.9-RELEASE
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