Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 09:30:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Hiten Pandya <hiten@angelica.unixdaemons.com> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/41104: Stale comment removal from pccardd(8) Message-ID: <200207291630.g6TGU47x092837@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/41104; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Hiten Pandya <hiten@angelica.unixdaemons.com> To: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: hiten@angelica.unixdaemons.com, jhb@FreeBSD.org, hiten@uk.FreeBSD.org, FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/41104: Stale comment removal from pccardd(8) Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 12:21:45 -0400 On Mon, Jul 29, 2002 at 10:15:48AM -0600, M. Warner Losh wrote the words in effect of: > : > Yes, the comments in the pccardd man page are correct (eg, that's why > : > things are they way they are). However, once the underlying problems > : > in the kernel were fixed, pccardd wasn't updated to be less smart > : > about the resources a card uses. Likely it should read: > : > > : > The primary reasons are historical. > : > : Ok. When I submitted the PR, and after a while, Greg Lehey, first asked > : me, "I removed the explanation, but not the claim". Although, we now > : already have the so-called "loadable kernel modules", so I think, we > : would need to move the paragraph down, to an "ISSUES" section, and there > : it can be marked as "historical". Is that permitted? > > Maybe. Assign the PR to me and I'll take a look at how to better > document things. Me != Committer. :-) > It should happen with none. It does happen with drivers that are > imporperly written, or assume that their hardware can never go away. Ah. Understood. -- Hiten Pandya http://www.unixdaemons.com/~hiten hiten@unixdaemons.com, hiten@uk.FreeBSD.org, hiten@xMach.org PGP: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?search=Hiten+Pandya&op=index To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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