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On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 01:57:38PM -0500, Robert Watson wrote:
> devinfo(8) is arguably one of the most useful additions to FreeBSD in a
> long time :-).  Since you have your hands in there, could you take a look

How about adding a standard interface for an English description
of the device?  It would be useful for e.g. user programs to
access such information easily within the device tree.

Regards,
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wca

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