svn commit: r260888 - in head/sys: amd64/conf i386/conf

[Glen Barber]

On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 02:01:52PM -0800, Rui Paulo wrote:
> On 19 Jan 2014, at 10:46, Ed Maste <emaste at freebsd.org> wrote:
> 
> > Author: emaste
> > Date: Sun Jan 19 18:46:38 2014
> > New Revision: 260888
> > URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/260888
> > 
> > Log:
> >  Add VT kernel configuration to ease testing of vt(9), aka Newcons
> 
> I thought there was consensus that adding these amd64/i386 configuration files to the repository was not good idea.  
> 
> Is this something that helps a lot of people?  Are you thinking of removing it later?  Can't they co-exist based on a tunable?
> 

It is easier to build images with non-GENERIC default kernels this way.
The installer does not currently allow selecting a kernel to install,
even if multiple exist on the medium.

For example, see:

    http://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/amd64/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/11.0/

Glen

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