diff --git a/sys/arch/macppc/conf/GENERIC b/sys/arch/macppc/conf/GENERIC
index 6d66814a58aa..dfec47c3759d 100644
--- a/sys/arch/macppc/conf/GENERIC
+++ b/sys/arch/macppc/conf/GENERIC
@@ -1,23 +1,17 @@
-#	$NetBSD: GENERIC,v 1.10 1998/07/28 23:43:33 thorpej Exp $
+#	$NetBSD: GENERIC,v 1.11 1998/07/29 00:19:20 thorpej Exp $
 #
 # POWERMAC config file
 #
 
-machine		macppc powerpc
+include		"arch/macppc/conf/std.macppc"
 
 maxusers	32
 
 # Standard system options
-options 	SWAPPAGER, VNODEPAGER, DEVPAGER
-options 	EXEC_AOUT
-options 	EXEC_ELF32
-options 	EXEC_SCRIPT
 #options 	UCONSOLE	# users can use TIOCCONS (for xconsole)
 #options 	INSECURE	# disable kernel security levels
 #options 	NTP		# NTP phase/frequency locked loop
 
-options 	HTABENTS=8192
-
 options 	SYSVMSG		# System V message queues
 options 	SYSVSEM		# System V semaphores
 options 	SYSVSHM		# System V shared memory
diff --git a/sys/arch/macppc/conf/POWERMAC b/sys/arch/macppc/conf/POWERMAC
index d82f2198b4a9..f4551da382a8 100644
--- a/sys/arch/macppc/conf/POWERMAC
+++ b/sys/arch/macppc/conf/POWERMAC
@@ -1,19 +1,13 @@
-#	$NetBSD: POWERMAC,v 1.9 1998/07/28 23:43:33 thorpej Exp $
+#	$NetBSD: POWERMAC,v 1.10 1998/07/29 00:19:20 thorpej Exp $
 #
 # POWERMAC config file
 #
 
-machine		macppc powerpc
+include		"arch/macppc/conf/std.macppc"
 
 maxusers	32
 
 # Standard system options
-options 	SWAPPAGER, VNODEPAGER, DEVPAGER
-options 	EXEC_AOUT
-options 	EXEC_ELF32
-options 	EXEC_SCRIPT
-
-options 	HTABENTS=8192
 options 	BUFPAGES=1200
 options 	UVM
 
diff --git a/sys/arch/macppc/conf/std.macppc b/sys/arch/macppc/conf/std.macppc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0e55ea65dd41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys/arch/macppc/conf/std.macppc
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#	$NetBSD: std.macppc,v 1.1 1998/07/29 00:19:20 thorpej Exp $
+#
+# Standard/required options for NetBSD/macppc.
+
+machine	macppc powerpc
+
+# standard ("mandatory") kernel options.
+
+# Executable support:
+options 	EXEC_ELF32	# (native) ELF32 binary support
+options 	EXEC_AOUT	# (native) a.out binary support (deprecated)
+optoins 	EXEC_SCRIPT	# shell script support
+
+# VM pager support
+# XXX Not with UVM; garbage-collect these eventually.
+options 	SWAPPAGER	# paging; REQUIRED
+options 	VNODEPAGER	# mmap() of files; REQUIRED
+options 	DEVPAGER	# mmap() of devices; REQUIRED
+
+# UVM is the standard VM system on NetBSD/powerpc.
+# XXX not yet, apparently.
+#options 	UVM		# New UVM VM system
+#options 	PMAP_NEW	# UVM's new pmap interface
+
+# Extra MMU HTAB entries (XXX why?)
+options 	HTABENTS=8192