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Date:      Tue, 15 Nov 2011 23:56:10 +0200
From:      Manolis Kiagias <sonic2000gr@gmail.com>
To:        "R. Clayton" <rvclayton@verizon.net>
Cc:        FreeBSD doc list <freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org>, bug-followup@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: docs/162597: Handbook section 12.14.3 example unclear.
Message-ID:  <4EC2DFFA.8060203@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20111115214518.D81845DC4@UlanBator.myhome.westell.com>
References:  <4EC2CD36.60403@gmail.com> <20111115214518.D81845DC4@UlanBator.myhome.westell.com>

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On 15/11/2011 11:45 μμ, R. Clayton wrote:
>    I suppose we could rephrase this to something like the following:
>
>    "The GENERIC kernel already includes support for the md(4) device needed
>    for this operation. When building a custom kernel, make sure to include
>    the following line in your kernel configuration file:
>
>    device   md   # Memory "disks"
>
>    For information on building your own kernel please refer to
>    <chapter/section ref here>."
>
>    Would this be appropriate?
>
> I like it (except maybe change the first sentence to "The GENERIC kernel
> includes the md(4) device needed for this operation.")  Thank you for your
> response to this.
>

Here is a quick patch then:

http://www.freebsdgr.org/all/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config/config.txt

(note: no need to include the comment part on the device line)

and test build here:

http://www.freebsdgr.org/all/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/adding-swap-space.html

Unless there are any objections, I'll commit this tomorrow morning.
Thanks for reporting this!



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