From owner-freebsd-doc Tue Jul 23 6:47:40 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88F5237B405 for ; Tue, 23 Jul 2002 06:47:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.reppep.com (www.reppep.com [64.81.19.108]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B22FA43E4A for ; Tue, 23 Jul 2002 06:47:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from pepper@reppep.com) Received: from [129.85.219.160] (salt.rockefeller.edu [129.85.219.160]) by mail.reppep.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 438C917B8C; Tue, 23 Jul 2002 08:53:36 -0400 (EDT) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: pepper@mail.reppep.com Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <200207230500.g6N509gL068123@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <200207230500.g6N509gL068123@freefall.freebsd.org> Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 09:45:35 -0400 To: parv@subdimension.com From: Chris Pepper Subject: Re: docs/40911: [PATCH] Minor improvements for /usr/share/man/man8/usbd.8.gz Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" 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 At 10:00 PM -0700 2002/07/22, parv@subdimension.com wrote: >The following reply was made to PR docs/40911; it has been noted by GNATS. > >From: parv@subdimension.com >To: Chris Pepper >Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org >Subject: Re: docs/40911: [PATCH] Minor improvements for >/usr/share/man/man8/usbd.8.gz >Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 01:00:36 -0400 > > in message <20020723025338.50E5FA970@guest.reppep.com>, > wrote Chris Pepper thusly... > > > > > > >Number: 40911 > > >Category: docs > ... > > It does two things. > > Through opening the > > .Pa /dev/usb0 , > > .Pa /dev/usb1 , > > -etc. devices, it enables the kernel to do handle change requests from > > +etc., devices, it enables the kernel to handle change requests from > > attached hubs. > > comma after "etc." is incorrect as "etc." is a part of the list > containing usb[01] devices. to see this another way... > > apples, oranges, pears, etc. fruits were being sold at the fare. I disagree here, but this is a stylistic issue; fine with me if that's the consensus. > > Whenever a device is attached or > > detached the list of actions read from > > .Pa /etc/usbd.conf > > -are searched for a matching entry. > > +is searched for a matching entry. > > actions are being searched, already being read from the file, for a > match. as the sentence stands (w/ or w/o patch), it is not the file > that is being for a particular action. Nope. The *list* is searched, an action may be found. Chris Pepper -- Chris Pepper: Rockefeller University: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message