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Date:      Tue, 17 Feb 2004 13:53:09 -0800
From:      "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Nate Lawson <nate@root.org>
Cc:        cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/share/man/man4 acpi.4
Message-ID:  <20040217215309.GA31288@dragon.nuxi.com>
In-Reply-To: <20040217125043.N30568@root.org>
References:  <20040217203852.724BE16A567@hub.freebsd.org> <20040217125043.N30568@root.org>

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On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 12:52:24PM -0800, Nate Lawson wrote:
> Please don't recommend they put the hint in device.hints.  That file is
> regenerated as part of the upgrade process.  It should go in
> /boot/loader.conf, which is already cross-referenced by the manpage.

I don't follow -- /boot/device.hints isn't regenerated.  One must have
one, and upgrading from an older FreeBSD version to 5.x requires you to
create one.
 
-- 
-- David  (obrien@FreeBSD.org)



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