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Date:      Wed, 3 Sep 1997 04:12:17 +0200 (MET DST)
From:      Wolfgang Helbig <helbig@Informatik.BA-Stuttgart.DE>
To:        pds@FreeBSD.ORG (Peter da Silva)
Cc:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-doc@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: doc/FAQ FAQ.sgml
Message-ID:  <199709030212.EAA05033@rvc1.informatik.ba-stuttgart.de>
In-Reply-To: <199709022331.QAA14543@freefall.freebsd.org> from Peter da Silva at "Sep 2, 97 04:31:43 pm"

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> pds         1997/09/02 16:31:43 PDT
> 
>   Modified files:
>     FAQ                  FAQ.sgml 
>   Log:
>   Put back the one missing change from the mega-update.
>   
>   Changed my mailto: to my main address, to keep FAQ questions
>   from getting swamped by commit messages.
>   
>   Revision  Changes    Path
>   1.68      +11 -23    doc/FAQ/FAQ.sgml

Thanks for restoring the CMD640-stuff.
Sorry, but I disagree with this paragraph you added:
----------From FAQ begin
If you're already running FreeBSD 2.2 with a CMD640 IDE controller and
you want to use the second channel, build a new kernel with options
"CMD640" enabled.
----------From FAQ end

First, it's only true for FreeBSD 2.2.1 and FreeBSD 2.2.2, not for
-stable and will not be true for FreeBSD 2.2.5 (In fact I  committed the
change only to update this FAQ for the upcoming FreeBSD 2.2.5)

Second, the FAQ should be as independent from any releases as
possible, the release dependend info is to be found in other docs
coming with a release (manual pages, hardware.hlp, GENERIC, LINT).
(BTW there should be more pointers to these sources of
enlightenment in the FAQs)

Third, I like short answers in the FAQ.

Wolfgang



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