From owner-freebsd-doc Wed Nov 27 11:45:14 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 8883937B401; Wed, 27 Nov 2002 11:45:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from pittgoth.com (14.zlnp1.xdsl.nauticom.net [209.195.149.111]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6B3B43EC5; Wed, 27 Nov 2002 11:45:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Received: from moble.pittgoth.com (acs-24-154-229-196.zoominternet.net [24.154.229.196]) by pittgoth.com (8.12.6/8.12.6) with SMTP id gARJj54p086275; Wed, 27 Nov 2002 14:45:06 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 14:45:37 -0500 From: Tom Rhodes To: Marc Fonvieille Cc: johan@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: i386/14135: lpt1 nolonger exists after 3.2-RELEASE Message-Id: <20021127144537.53ae46c5.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20021127194152.GA218@nosferatu.blackend.org> References: <200211271934.gARJYGxg049802@freefall.freebsd.org> <20021127194152.GA218@nosferatu.blackend.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.8.6claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.7) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 On Wed, 27 Nov 2002 20:41:52 +0100 Marc Fonvieille wrote: > On Wed, Nov 27, 2002 at 11:34:16AM -0800, Johan Karlsson wrote: > > Synopsis: lpt1 nolonger exists after 3.2-RELEASE > > > > Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-bugs->freebsd-doc > > Responsible-Changed-By: johan > > Responsible-Changed-When: Wed Nov 27 11:31:26 PST 2002 > > Responsible-Changed-Why: > > Over to the doc people. > > > > We are now using device.hints(5) to do this kind of stuff. > > It should, IMO, be documented in a general way in the handbook > > how to solve this kind of thing. > > > > I just updated the Handbook printing chapter, and since ppc(4) and > lpt(4) seem correct on that problem (under 4.X and 5.X), this PR > should be closed. I will close it in 1 week if no objection. > > Marc > I have written an entire section on device.hints in the handbook, perhaps a few chapters should point say as the requirements: Understand or know about the existance of device.hints. Sometime this week, I'll look over that. -- Tom Rhodes To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message