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Date:      Tue, 29 Oct 2002 09:10:37 -0800 (PST)
From:      "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@FreeBSD.org>
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   docs/44595: Handbook only documents UserConfig for boot-time kernel config
Message-ID:  <200210291710.g9THAbIt017782@nimitz.packetdesign.com>

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>Number:         44595
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       Handbook only documents UserConfig for boot-time kernel config
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Oct 29 09:20:01 PST 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Bruce A. Mah
>Release:        FreeBSD 4.7-STABLE i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD nimitz.packetdesign.com 4.7-STABLE FreeBSD 4.7-STABLE #45: Mon Oct 14 11:50:11 PDT 2002 root@nimitz.packetdesign.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/NIMITZ i386


	
>Description:

5.0-CURRENT doesn't have UserConfig, which is used on the i386 (and pc98?)
for configuring parameters of various
(mostly-legacy) devices.  The replacement is the device.hints(5) mechanism,
which has most of the functionality, but a very different user interface.

The Handbook should reflect this (or at least mention there is 
a difference).

>How-To-Repeat:
	
>Fix:

At a minimum, turn the above ramblings into English and insert into
the installation chapter of the Handbook.  It'd be better to have a real
"How to do boot-time kernel configuration on 5.X" section, but that's
more work.

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:

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