Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2004 20:11:03 +0100 From: Marc Fonvieille <blackend@FreeBSD.org> To: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Christoph Devenoges <c@devenoges.com> Subject: Re: supported hardware Message-ID: <20040105201103.B82370@abigail.blackend.org> In-Reply-To: <20040105134534.50571cee@localhost>; from trhodes@FreeBSD.org on Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 01:45:34PM -0500 References: <20040105053153.GA4776@devenoges.com> <20040105165632.GA75907@intruder.kitchenlab.org> <20040105134534.50571cee@localhost>
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On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 01:45:34PM -0500, Tom Rhodes wrote: > > I've read over the comments made by Brooks Davis and must agree > that listing every device will be tedious if not annoying. But > if you look over the uscanner manual page it has a ton of devices > listed also. For the time you put into the release and hardware > notes, Bruce, you are to be soluted; I just cannot think of a > better alternative right now. We have the hardware notes, we > condence them by adding to the manual pages, now we have the > possibility of having bloated manual pages. It's a never-ending > battle. > > Off the top of my head, while it isn't the best idea in the world, > a single manual page with all the USB devices might be an option. > Something like usbdevs.4, and perhaps the ability to link to a > specific section via the hardware notes. Or just the manual page > with a simple comment: > > "Due to the overwhelming amount of USB devices FreeBSD supports, > a single manual page was added to list them all. Please scan through > this list for your specific device." > [...] This is a good idea and easy to set up. Marc
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