Expand information about device.hints. Add information in the

cookbook section about needing to copy GENERIC.hints to
/boot/device.hints, as well as a footnote about exceptions to this
rule.

Partially suggested by: obrien
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Warner Losh 2000-08-29 06:35:46 +00:00
parent a7d5d6a892
commit 9c1a744422
Notes: svn2git 2020-12-20 02:59:44 +00:00
svn path=/head/; revision=65192

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@ -7,7 +7,18 @@ ITEMS:'
20000825:
/boot/device.hints is now required for installkernel to
succeed.
succeed. You should copy GENERIC.hints for your architecture
into /boot/device.hints. If and only if you compile hints
into your kernel, then this file may be empty. Please note,
if you have an empty or missing /boot/device.hints file and
you neglected to compile hints into your kernel, no boot
messages will appear after the boot loader tries to start the
kernel.
20000821:
If you do NOT have ``options RANDOMDEV'' in your kernel and
you DO want the random device then add randomdev_load="YES" to
/boot/loader.conf.
20000812:
suidperl is now always built and installed on the system, but
@ -290,6 +301,7 @@ COMMON ITEMS:
-------------------------------------
make buildworld
make buildkernel KERNEL=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
cp src/sys/${MACHINE_ARCH}/GENERIC.hints /boot/device.hints [2]
make installkernel KERNEL=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
make installworld
[1]
@ -311,6 +323,10 @@ COMMON ITEMS:
should disable them at this point so they don't crash your
system on reboot.
[2] If you have legacy ISA devices, you may need to create
your own device.hints to reflect your unique hardware
configuration.
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