"8.6 The Configuration File" out of date?

[Garrett Cooper]

On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 6:13 AM, Rob <spamrefuse at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Garrett Cooper wrote:
>>
>> > machine        i386
>>
>> What architecture was this for -- amd64, i386, etc?
>
> But this line is not at all present in the GENERIC
> configuration of FreeBSD 8.0 release....

Probably because there was unnecessary overlap with `cpu ...'.

>> > options          COMPAT_43
>>
>> Eh...? This still should be in there according to NOTES.
>
> It's not in the GENERIC kernel configuration...
> There is, however:
>
> options         COMPAT_43TTY
>
> Is that a mistake then?

Not IIRC; they were just preparing to remove the need for COMPAT_43
entirely in 8.1 (I think).
Thanks,
-Garrett