Re: GENERIC and DEFAULTS

From: Kris Kennaway (kris_at_obsecurity.org)
Date: 10/30/05

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To: Cristiano Deana <cristiano.deana@gmail.com>

    On Sun, Oct 30, 2005 at 11:36:46AM +0100, Cristiano Deana wrote:
    > Hi,
    >
    > I've seen that 'GENERIC' file has been modified, moving some lines to
    > 'DEFAULTS':
    >
    > device isa
    >
    > device mem # Memory and kernel memory devices
    > device io # I/O device
    >
    > Why?
    > What does it mean? Should we include 'DEFAULTS' in our customized 'GENERIC'?

    It's included by DEFAULT.

    > Or those lines are no more mandatory?

    The point of a DEFAULTS file is that to contain things that are used
    by DEFAULT, including those which are mandatory.

    > I think it should be written in 'UPDATING'.

    No action is necessary.

    Kris

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