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Date:      Mon, 18 Dec 2000 07:47:05 -0500
From:      Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org>
To:        Jim Mock <jim@osd.bsdi.com>
Cc:        doc@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Supported hardware list(s)
Message-ID:  <20001218074705.A9037@blackhelicopters.org>
In-Reply-To: <20001215133609.A23331@envy.geekhouse.net>; from jim@osd.bsdi.com on Fri, Dec 15, 2000 at 01:36:09PM -0800
References:  <20001215133609.A23331@envy.geekhouse.net>

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Well, since nobody else has commented...

Yes, please!

==ml

On Fri, Dec 15, 2000 at 01:36:09PM -0800, Jim Mock wrote:
> Howdy folks,
> 
> Once again, I've been tasked with getting the handbook up-to-date and 
> ready to print a 2nd edition.  It needs quite a bit of work, most of 
> which I'll address in another message later.  For now, I'd like to get 
> the hardware list down to *one* place.  Right now we have different 
> lists in 3 places -- the install chapter, the appendix, as well as 
> HARDWARE.TXT.  The last is probably the most likely candidate to be kept 
> up-to-date, so, I think we should take advantage of it.
> 
> Here's what I propose:
> 
>    1) Nuke the hardware compatibility appendix.  It's quite out of date, 
>       and since no one has taken an interest in "claiming" it as their 
>       own, we should get rid of it.
> 
>    2) In the install chapter, do as we do elsewhere -- link to 
>       HARDWARE.TXT on ftp.FreeBSD.org, or to the one on the reader's 
>       system at /usr/src/release/texts/HARDWARE.TXT.  Granted, the 2nd 
>       will only work if the reader has source installed, but we could 
>       provide a link to both to make that a non-issue.
> 
> I'm interested in hearing what others think -- I know there are a lot of 
> folks who'd like to see one hardware list, and I'm one of them :-)  
> Comments?
> 
> - jim
> 
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