On Sat, Feb 15, 2025 at 10:04 AM Mark Millard <mark...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> [This seems likely to not be limited to main [so: 15 as stands]. > But I'm using main as the example for the issue.] > > In: > > # man 5 device.hints > DEVICE.HINTS(5) FreeBSD File Formats Manual > DEVICE.HINTS(5) > > NAME > device.hints – device resource hints > > . . . > > FILES > /boot/device.hints Device resource hints > file. > /sys/ARCH/conf/GENERIC.hints Sample resource hints for > the > GENERIC kernel. > /sys/ARCH/conf/NOTES Notes on the kernel > configuration file and > device > resource hints. > . . . > > > > For reference: > > # find -s / -name GENERIC.hints -print > /usr/src/sys/amd64/conf/GENERIC.hints > /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC.hints > /usr/src/sys/powerpc/conf/GENERIC.hints > > > Multiple points: > > ) It seems that aarch64 (arm64?) and armv7 (arm?) have no > such GENERIC.hints file. The same goes for riscv64 > (riscv?). > > The intent for powerpc64 , powerpc64le , and powerpcspe > may have the same issue. > > > ) At least for how the local systems were installed, there > is no such place predefined as /sys/ , not even as a > symbolic link. "man 7 hier" does not list such. > > So it seems /sys -> /usr/src/sys is intended. (But > /usr/src/ need not have been populated, leaving a > lack of any GENERIC.hints in such a case.) > > Best to not to depend on /sys in the notation shown? > > > ) The /ARCH/ reference is unclear vs. MACHINE, > MACHINE_CPUARCH, and MACHINE_ARCH. The example paths > existing for GENERIC.hints do not help because they > all allow MACHINE == MACHINE_CPUARCH , > MACHINE == MACHINE_ARCH , and > MACHINE_CPUARCH == MACHINE_ARCH. However, based on the > NOTE paths: > Like all things kernel, it's MACHINE. > > # find -s /usr/src/ -name NOTES -print | grep /conf/NOTES | more > /usr/src/sys/amd64/conf/NOTES > /usr/src/sys/arm/conf/NOTES > /usr/src/sys/arm64/conf/NOTES > /usr/src/sys/conf/NOTES > /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/NOTES > /usr/src/sys/powerpc/conf/NOTES > /usr/src/sys/riscv/conf/NOTES > /usr/src/sys/x86/conf/NOTES > > None of of the MACHINE* are right: x86 is not one of > any of the 3. Otherwise /arm64/conf/NOTES would suggest > MACHINE as the only possibility if /ARCH/ was uniform > for relative to the 3 MACHINE* possibilities. So?: > > /usr/src/sys/arm64/conf/GENERIC.hints > /usr/src/sys/arm/conf/GENERIC.hints > /usr/src/sys/riscv/conf/GENERIC.hints > > with no aarch64 , armv7 , powerpc64* , powerpcspe , or > riscv64 examples? > We store these in /dev/null these days :). I'll create empty ones for this. Warner > === > Mark Millard > marklmi at yahoo.com > > >
