From owner-freebsd-doc Mon Jul 29 9:30:12 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B656C37B401 for ; Mon, 29 Jul 2002 09:30:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5908E43E3B for ; Mon, 29 Jul 2002 09:30:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.4/8.12.4) with ESMTP id g6TGU4JU092838 for ; Mon, 29 Jul 2002 09:30:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.4/8.12.4/Submit) id g6TGU47x092837; Mon, 29 Jul 2002 09:30:04 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 09:30:04 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200207291630.g6TGU47x092837@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Hiten Pandya Subject: Re: docs/41104: Stale comment removal from pccardd(8) Reply-To: Hiten Pandya Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR docs/41104; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Hiten Pandya To: "M. Warner Losh" 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