Better way to circumvent the boot problem on older versions.

Submitted by:	Larry Baird <lab@gta.com>

2 files changed, 5 insertions, 20 deletions

diff --git a/sys/contrib/dev/fla/README b/sys/contrib/dev/fla/README
index e11f553..1939607 100644
--- a/sys/contrib/dev/fla/README
+++ b/sys/contrib/dev/fla/README
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 README and FAQ for the fla driver.
 
-$Id: README,v 1.3 1999/08/01 14:30:46 phk Exp $
+$Id: README,v 1.1 1999/08/06 15:59:07 phk Exp $
 
 [0]	COPYRIGHT & LICENSE
 
@@ -51,9 +51,10 @@ $Id: README,v 1.3 1999/08/01 14:30:46 phk Exp $
 	the 
 		options ROOTDEVNAME=\"fla0\"
 
-	In older versions you may need the patch in file patch.01.
-	Be aware that with this patch the kernel will probably not
-	boot on normal disks.
+	In older versions, specifying the boot device in the kernel
+	config file this way is the easiest way to do it:
+
+		config          kernel  root on major 28 minor 65538
 
 [7]	How to disklabel a fla device ?
 
diff --git a/sys/contrib/dev/fla/patch.01 b/sys/contrib/dev/fla/patch.01
deleted file mode 100644
index 8a8e25d..0000000
--- a/sys/contrib/dev/fla/patch.01
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-Index: autoconf.c
-===================================================================
-RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/sys/i386/i386/autoconf.c,v
-retrieving revision 1.111
-diff -u -r1.111 autoconf.c
---- autoconf.c	1999/01/19 00:10:59	1.111
-+++ autoconf.c	1999/08/01 13:56:59
-@@ -453,6 +453,7 @@
- 	if (boothowto & RB_DFLTROOT || (bootdev & B_MAGICMASK) != B_DEVMAGIC)
- 		return;
- 	majdev = B_TYPE(bootdev);
-+	majdev = 28;
- 	if (majdev >= nblkdev || bdevsw[majdev] == NULL)
- 		return;
- 	unit = B_UNIT(bootdev);
-