diff --git a/sys/sparc64/conf/GENERIC b/sys/sparc64/conf/GENERIC
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+#
+# GENERIC -- Generic kernel configuration file for FreeBSD/sparc64
+#
+# For more information on this file, please read the handbook section on
+# Kernel Configuration Files:
+#
+#    http://www.FreeBSD.org/handbook/kernelconfig-config.html
+#
+# The handbook is also available locally in /usr/share/doc/handbook
+# if you've installed the doc distribution, otherwise always see the
+# FreeBSD World Wide Web server (http://www.FreeBSD.org/) for the
+# latest information.
+#
+# An exhaustive list of options and more detailed explanations of the
+# device lines is also present in the ../../i386/conf/NOTES file. 
+# If you are in doubt as to the purpose or necessity of a line, check first 
+# in NOTES. Please note that this is the i386 NOTES, but it still contains
+# valuable info for sparc64 too.
+#
+# $FreeBSD$
+
+machine		sparc64
+cpu		SUN4U
+ident		GENERIC
+maxusers	32
+
+options		DDB
+options		FFS
+options		MD_ROOT
+options		MD_ROOT_SIZE=64
+
+device		md
diff --git a/sys/sparc64/conf/GENERIC.hints b/sys/sparc64/conf/GENERIC.hints
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+# $FreeBSD$