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From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
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Subject: The purge of kld loading wrapper scripts
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On Thu, 02 Nov 2000 06:15:31 PST, Sheldon Hearn wrote:

>   Modified files:
>     share/sgml           man-refs.ent 
>     sys/modules/joy      Makefile 
>   Removed files:
>     sys/modules/joy      joy.8 joy.sh 
>   Log:
>   Retire the joy(8) script.  Using shell scripts to load kernel loadable
>   modules is out of fashion.

This leaves only svr4(8) and ibcs2(8), which have no section 4 manuals.

One of the arguments against removing these stupid shell scripts was
that removing them removes their manpages, and that their manpages clue
people into the existence of the functionality.

I think this is lame, but it's easy to bring the whiners out of the
woodwork when you remove stuff, so I'm playing it safe.  So I'm not
removing these two yet. :-)

I had offers from two different people to supply new svr4(4) and
ibcs2(4) pages.  I can't remember who the offers came from, but the
pages never arrived. :-)

I wrote linux(4) myself (thanks Marcel for the help), but don't feel
comfortable writing these two.  I suppose I could if I spent enough time
reading, but time...

So if you'd like to start with linux.4, adapt it according to your
understanding of ibcs2 or svr4, and mail me the result, I'd be very
happy.

Thanks,
Sheldon.


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