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Update GENERIC config file header comments. Also remove I386_CPU from

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the cpu lines shown in the sample, but expand the <note> we previously
had to describe in detail it's current state in FreeBSD.
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Giorgos Keramidas 2003-05-11 21:21:52 +00:00
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@ -467,14 +467,15 @@
#
# The handbook is also available locally in /usr/share/doc/handbook
# if you've installed the doc distribution, otherwise always see the
# &os; World Wide Web server (http://www.&os;.ORG/) for the
# &os; World Wide Web server (http://www.FreeBSD.org/) for the
# latest information.
#
# An exhaustive list of options and more detailed explanations of the
# device lines is also present in the ./LINT configuration file. If you are
# in doubt as to the purpose or necessity of a line, check first in LINT.
# device lines is also present in the ../../conf/NOTES and NOTES files.
# If you are in doubt as to the purpose or necessity of a line, check first
# in NOTES.
#
# &dollar;&os;: src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC,v 1.246 2000/03/09 16:32:55 jlemon Exp &dollar;</programlisting>
# &dollar;FreeBSD: src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC,v 1.380 2003/03/29 13:36:41 mdodd Exp $</programlisting>
<para>The following are the mandatory keywords required in
<emphasis>every</emphasis> kernel you build:</para>
@ -493,8 +494,7 @@
<primary>kernel options</primary>
<secondary>cpu</secondary>
</indexterm>
<programlisting>cpu I386_CPU
cpu I486_CPU
<programlisting>cpu I486_CPU
cpu I586_CPU
cpu I686_CPU</programlisting>
@ -506,12 +506,38 @@ cpu I686_CPU</programlisting>
CPU type, you can check the <filename>/var/run/dmesg.boot</filename> file to view your boot
up messages.</para>
<note><para>In &os; 5.0, support for <literal>I386_CPU</literal>
is disabled by default.</para></note>
<indexterm>
<primary>kernel options</primary>
<secondary>cpu type</secondary>
</indexterm>
<para>Support for <literal>I386_CPU</literal> is still provided in the
source of &os;, but it is disabled by default in both -STABLE and
-CURRENT. This means that to install &os; with a 386-class cpu, you now
have the following options:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>Install an older &os; release and rebuild from source as
described in <xref linkend="kernelconfig-building"></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Build the userland and kernel on a newer machine and install on
the 386 using the precompiled <filename>/usr/obj</filename>
files.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Roll your own release of FreeBSD which includes
<literal>I386_CPU</literal> support in the kernels of the
installation CD-ROM.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>The first of these options is probably the easiest of all, but you
will need a lot of disk space on a 386-class machine which may be
difficult to find.</para>
<indexterm>
<primary>kernel options</primary>
@ -521,8 +547,9 @@ cpu I686_CPU</programlisting>
<programlisting>ident GENERIC</programlisting>
<para>This is the identification of the kernel. You should change
this to whatever you named your kernel, as in our previous example,
<literal>MYKERNEL</literal>. The value you put in the
this to whatever you named your kernel,
i.e. <literal>MYKERNEL</literal> if you have followed the
instructions of the previous examples. The value you put in the
<literal>ident</literal> string will print when you boot up the
kernel, so it is useful to give the new kernel a different name if you
want to keep it separate from your usual kernel (i.e., you want to