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- Make it even more obvious that npx0 is 'mandatory'.

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- Point people to LINT for better descriptions of configuration lines.
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Nate Williams 1996-01-20 06:11:35 +00:00
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<!-- $Id: kernelconfig.sgml,v 1.4 1995/12/04 17:58:41 jfieber Exp $ -->
<!-- $Id: kernelconfig.sgml,v 1.5 1995/12/19 17:02:49 jfieber Exp $ -->
<!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project -->
<!-- <!DOCTYPE linuxdoc PUBLIC '-//FreeBSD//DTD linuxdoc//EN'> -->
<chapt><heading>Configuring the FreeBSD Kernel<label id="kernelconfig"></heading>
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you're just starting out, the only editor available will
probably be <tt>vi</tt>, which is too complex to explain
here, but is covered well in many books in the <ref
id="bibliography" name="bibliography">. Feel free to change the comment
lines at the top to reflect your configuration or the
id="bibliography" name="bibliography">. Feel free to change the
comment lines at the top to reflect your configuration or the
changes you've made to differentiate it from GENERIC.
If you've build a kernel under SunOS or some other BSD
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GENERIC, although some related keywords have been grouped
together in a single section (such as Networking) even
though they are actually scattered throughout the GENERIC
file. An exhaustive list of options is present in the
LINT configuration file, located in the same directory as
GENERIC.
file. An exhaustive list of options and more detailed explanations
of the device lines is present in the LINT configuration file,
located in the same directory as GENERIC. If you are in doubt as to
the purpose or necessity of a line, check first in LINT.
<sect1><heading>Mandatory Keywords</heading>
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<tag>device npx0 at isa? port ``IO_NPX'' irq 13 vector npxintr</tag>
<p><tt>npx0</tt> is the interface to the math coprocessor.
If you have a math coprocessor, either an external
80387 or 80487, or a cpu one built in such as an 80486DX or
Pentium, then you do <em>not</em> need the <ref
id="kernelconfig:mathemu" name="MATH_EMULATE"> option above.
<p><tt>npx0</tt> is the interface to the floating point math
unit in FreeBSD, either the hardware co-processor or the
software math emulator. It is <em/NOT/ optional.
<tag>device wt0 at isa? port 0x300 bio irq 5 drq 1 vector wtintr</tag>