diff --git a/sys/arch/prep/conf/GENERIC b/sys/arch/prep/conf/GENERIC
index ac5b2f3554e6..9fa3b5f3bd84 100644
--- a/sys/arch/prep/conf/GENERIC
+++ b/sys/arch/prep/conf/GENERIC
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $NetBSD: GENERIC,v 1.70 2003/10/18 08:30:14 lukem Exp $
+# $NetBSD: GENERIC,v 1.71 2003/10/19 22:00:01 kleink Exp $
 #
 # GENERIC machine description file
 # 
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ include 	"arch/prep/conf/std.prep"
 
 options 	INCLUDE_CONFIG_FILE	# embed config file in kernel binary
 
-#ident		"GENERIC-$Revision: 1.70 $"
+#ident		"GENERIC-$Revision: 1.71 $"
 
 maxusers	32
 
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ options 	DDB		# in-kernel debugger
 options 	COMPAT_13	# NetBSD 1.3,
 options 	COMPAT_14	# NetBSD 1.4,
 options 	COMPAT_15	# NetBSD 1.5,
+options 	COMPAT_16	# NetBSD 1.6,
 options 	COMPAT_43	# and 4.3BSD
 #options 	COMPAT_LINUX	# Linux binary compatibility
 #options 	TCP_COMPAT_42	# 4.2BSD TCP/IP bug compat. Not recommended.
diff --git a/sys/arch/prep/conf/INSTALL b/sys/arch/prep/conf/INSTALL
index 717ecc38fa8b..a57ef4418956 100644
--- a/sys/arch/prep/conf/INSTALL
+++ b/sys/arch/prep/conf/INSTALL
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#	$NetBSD: INSTALL,v 1.25 2003/10/18 08:30:14 lukem Exp $
+#	$NetBSD: INSTALL,v 1.26 2003/10/19 22:00:01 kleink Exp $
 #
 #	INSTALL -- Installation kernel
 #
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ options 	OPENPIC				# OpenPIC support (7043-140)
 options 	COMPAT_13	# NetBSD 1.3,
 options 	COMPAT_14	# NetBSD 1.4,
 options 	COMPAT_15	# NetBSD 1.5,
+options 	COMPAT_16	# NetBSD 1.6,
 options 	COMPAT_43	# and 4.3BSD
 
 # File systems