On 6/30/05, Bryan Maynard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I checked out the man pages you listed, thanks for the help! > I didn't understand everything in all of them, but they did help me firgure > out some more questions to ask. > > Is it possible to identify all hardware component in my system in the > device.hints > file and if so, what would that accomplish? I am running a Dell Latitude C600.
Do this with the kernel .hints file. it will be statically compile into the kernel then. kernel.hints = statically compiled = faster boot. device.hints = dynamic-ish = slower, but still faster then random probing. > > Also, I have a custom kernel I am trying to tweak. However, when I boot from > it I > get the following messages: > > ata0-master: FAILURE - ATA_IDENTIFY timed out > ata0-master: FAILURE - ATA_IDENTIFY timed out > ata0-master: FAILURE - ATA_IDENTIFY timed out > ata1-master: FAILURE - ATAPI_IDENTIFY timed out > ata1-master: timeout sending command=a1 > ata1-master: error issueing ATAPI_IDENTIFY command > ata1-master: FAILURE - ATAPI_IDENTIFY timed out > > Mounting root from ufs:/dev/ad0s1a > setrootbyname failed > ffs_mountroot: can't find rootvp > Root mount failed: 6 > > It then asks me to manually enter a root filesystem. > > I've attached my CUSTOM kernel config. Along with my CUSTOM.hints file. I > don't use > CUSTOM.hints, but it has hints about the "nexus" device. this device shows up > when I > use boot-v. I'm not sure If I have it's info entered properly, maybe you > could help me > with that. I've attached a kernel for you to use. Compare it to yours (and GENERIC) and read the comments I made in it. It should address most of your questions. > > Could I use the info from a boot -v in the device.hints file? If so, how do I > translate > the syntax. I've looked at the boot -v output before and it seems like > there's enough info > for the device.hints file, I just don't know what it all means or how to > extract it. You can put the boot -v info into the kernel .hints file, I think. I never tried to do anything like that and I'm not sure how to go about doing it. Or maybe thats what kenv is for... hmmm
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