> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
Of
> Bernd Schoeller
> Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 9:15 AM
> To: misc@openbsd.org
> Subject: Re: Requesting an change in the installer
> 
> On Fri, Aug 05, 2005 at 03:00:25PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> > [...]
> > Quoting Bernd Schoeller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > >   - call the single user kernel /bsd.sp
> > >   - add a hard link from /bsd.sp to /bsd
> > >   - add a description to 'man afterboot' for changing the default
> > >     kernel by doing 'rm /bsd && ln /bsd.mp /bsd'
> > [...]
> >
> > I disagree the hardlink, since it would change bsd.* after using
> 'config'.
> 
> Different opinions here: I my view 'config -ef /bsd' should change the
> configuration of the current kernel, which is /bsd.sp on a single
> processor machine and /bsd.mp on a multi processor machine. Switch
> back and forth between the two kernels should not delete your
> configuration for the kernel.
> 
> Bernd

If some consensus is reached on this, perhaps it is time to update the
FAQs to reflect best practices in the MP world.

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