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From: ahabig@bigbang.astro.indiana.edu (Alec Habig)
Subject: [FreeBSD] Kernel config questions
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Date: Tue, 12 Jul 1994 03:57:55 GMT
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A couple of questions regarding (apparently) undocumented kernel optiosn in
FreeBSD 1.1.5 :

1) One of the 1.1.5 changes was to include a better math emulation,
   according to the WHATS_NEW file.  This file also says that it
   defaults to the old emulation.  How does one toggle the new stuff 
   on?

2) When my X server, XF86_S3, starts up, right after the bit where it
   tells you the modes its using, how it's caching stuff, etc, it says
   something about "not using MIT_SHA extensions, not supported in
   kernel".  What are these extensions, and if they're useful, how does
   one enable them?

Thanks,
Alec