Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2002 22:00:02 -0800 (PST) From: Dima Dorfman <dima@trit.org> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/32564: [PATCH] MAKEDEV.8 (i386) - wd# is replaced by ad# Message-ID: <200201070600.g07602p29829@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/32564; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Dima Dorfman <dima@trit.org> To: Hiten Pandya <hiten@uk.freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/32564: [PATCH] MAKEDEV.8 (i386) - wd# is replaced by ad# Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2002 05:52:46 +0000 Hiten Pandya <hiten@uk.freebsd.org> wrote: > *** MAKEDEV.8.old Thu Dec 6 19:48:53 2001 > --- MAKEDEV.8 Thu Dec 6 20:00:11 2001 This patch is corrupt. I don't know how that came about. Also, for small and clean changes like this, unified diffs are much easier to read [1]. > *************** > *** 87,97 **** > SCSI tape drives > .It vty# > set of 12 virtual console devices for syscons/pcvt/codrv > ! .It wd# > .Dq winchester > disk drives (ST506, IDE, ESDI, RLL etc.) > .It wt# > QIC-interfaced (e.g. not SCSI) 3M cartridge tape > .El > .Sh FILES > .Bl -tag -width /dev/xxxx -compact > --- 87,103 ---- > SCSI tape drives > .It vty# > set of 12 virtual console devices for syscons/pcvt/codrv > ! .It ad# > .Dq winchester > disk drives (ST506, IDE, ESDI, RLL etc.) > .It wt# > QIC-interfaced (e.g. not SCSI) 3M cartridge tape This change is good in theory but is largely incomplete; ad# is not "winchester disk drives". There's a similar, but more complete, change in the Alpha MAKEDEV.8 which I have merged to the i386 version. > + .Sh NOTE > + Please change > + .Dq ad# > + to > + .Dq wd# > + on systems older than FreeBSD 4.3. I don't particularly like this. For one, FreeBSD 4.3 used ad# by default; wd# is only used on 3.x. Further, mentioning upgrade quirks in a manual page seems somewhat unnatural to me. This should probably be mentioned in UPDATING and/or the release notes if it isn't already. I'd like to close this PR unless somebody feels strongly that this last change should be made. Thanks. [1] I realize that this is my opinion, but I'm not alone in this preference. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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