From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Mar 23 8:57:19 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from sj-msg-core-2.cisco.com (sj-msg-core-2.cisco.com [171.69.43.88]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27E7937B71D for ; Fri, 23 Mar 2001 08:57:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bmah@cisco.com) Received: from bmah-freebsd-0.cisco.com (bmah-freebsd-0.cisco.com [171.70.84.42]) by sj-msg-core-2.cisco.com (8.9.3/8.9.1) with ESMTP id IAA20865; Fri, 23 Mar 2001 08:57:22 -0800 (PST) Received: (from bmah@localhost) by bmah-freebsd-0.cisco.com (8.11.3/8.11.1) id f2NGv2C53651; Fri, 23 Mar 2001 08:57:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bmah) Message-Id: <200103231657.f2NGv2C53651@bmah-freebsd-0.cisco.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.3.1 01/19/2001 with nmh-1.0.4 To: Chris Williams Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Inconsistancy in supported hardware lists In-Reply-To: <3ABB73EA.FAFA0537@geekspace.com> References: <3ABB73EA.FAFA0537@geekspace.com> Comments: In-reply-to Chris Williams message dated "Fri, 23 Mar 2001 11:03:54 -0500." From: "Bruce A. Mah" Reply-To: bmah@FreeBSD.ORG X-Face: g~c`.{#4q0"(V*b#g[i~rXgm*w;:nMfz%_RZLma)UgGN&=j`5vXoU^@n5v4:OO)c["!w)nD/!!~e4Sj7LiT'6*wZ83454H""lb{CC%T37O!!'S$S&D}sem7I[A 2V%N&+ X-Image-Url: http://www.employees.org/~bmah/Images/bmah-cisco-small.gif X-Url: http://www.employees.org/~bmah/ Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_515974532P"; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 08:57:02 -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG --==_Exmh_515974532P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii If memory serves me right, Chris Williams wrote: > Comtrol Rocketport cards are listed in the Misc hardware section of > RELNOTES.TXT, but not of HARDWARE.TXT in recent snapshots (prob'ly in release > s > too, haven't looked). Hi Chris-- Thanks for pointing this out! I've fixed HARDWARE.TXT for -CURRENT, and I'll MFC this to 4-STABLE on my next commit to the *.TXT files. > I assume this is just an oversight -- but why is > hardware compatibility kept in two different files in the first place? Or are > the lists indicative of different levels of support? (should work vs. actuall > y > tested, or..) I don't think there's a particularly good reason, personally. I'm actually working to get rid of this duplication, because it's a real pain in the rear to deal with. Support for a new device currently requires an edit in N+1 different files, where N is the number of architectures supported. A prototype of the next-generation release notes has the hardware compatability list as a separate document, with the release notes just listing changes between releases. For a preview, see: http://people.freebsd.org/~bmah/relnotes/ Once 4.3-RELEASE is out the door and I figure out some "make release" issues, I intend to commit this to -CURRENT, and eventually to 4-STABLE. Bruce. --==_Exmh_515974532P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: Exmh version 2.2 06/23/2000 iD8DBQE6u4Be2MoxcVugUsMRAm06AKDgcAeYCKM7xxthrNisd5cQdc4GcQCghHxx ccQ1swgwL2QHsktNQkEJVVw= =Dvnd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_515974532P-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message