From owner-freebsd-bugs Fri Mar 26 12:56: 1 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from inet16.us.oracle.com (inet16.us.oracle.com [192.86.155.100]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98C47151AD for ; Fri, 26 Mar 1999 12:56:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from klh@us.oracle.com) Received: from churchy20.us.oracle.com (churchy20.us.oracle.com [144.25.80.97]) by inet16.us.oracle.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id MAA08887; Fri, 26 Mar 1999 12:53:29 -0800 (PST) Received: by churchy20.us.oracle.com (5.59.11/37.7) id AA04199; Fri, 26 Mar 99 12:55:32 PST Date: Fri, 26 Mar 99 12:55:32 PST From: Ken Harrenstien To: "Kenneth D. Merry" Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG, klh@us.oracle.com Subject: Re: $$ Error in Handbook sect 2.1.1 In-Reply-To: Your message of Fri, 26 Mar 1999 10:14:53 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > (1) Would someone please update the Handbook so others aren't > > victimized? > > All it'll take is someone to SGMLize the hardware stuff. You can do it if > you like, and send-pr it as a doc bug. Or just mail it to > freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG. I understand the principle, but you give me too much credit for knowing what's going on. I did try to find the right list to send this to (freebsd-doc is in the "technical content only" group) but will forward as you suggest. > This was well publicized ahead of time, perhaps a year in advance of the > CAM integration. So many (most?) folks knew it was coming. Not newbies such as myself. What's on the web site -- and most of the doc links point to the Handbook -- is what potential new users see for the first time. (It's a little troubling if this was known for a year and nobody noticed the potential impact on the frontline doc.) > > (2) Is it really considered normal for stable releases to drop previously > > supported devices/systems? > > It is when you want to get new functionality in. Thank you for clarifying the FreeBSD philosophy. This is not what I was hoping for, but I no longer have the time to fix it either... my kernel hacking days expired along with the PDP-11. --Ken To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message