From owner-freebsd-doc Tue Oct 29 9:20: 9 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7685837B407 for ; Tue, 29 Oct 2002 09:20:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A805F43E8A for ; Tue, 29 Oct 2002 09:20:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id g9THK1x3083093 for ; Tue, 29 Oct 2002 09:20:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id g9THK1vQ083092; Tue, 29 Oct 2002 09:20:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC9BC37B401 for ; Tue, 29 Oct 2002 09:10:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from mailman.packetdesign.com (dns.packetdesign.com [65.192.41.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B88943E8A for ; Tue, 29 Oct 2002 09:10:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bmah@packetdesign.com) Received: from nimitz.packetdesign.com (nimitz.packetdesign.com [192.168.0.184]) by mailman.packetdesign.com (8.12.3/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g9THAbOU056776 for ; Tue, 29 Oct 2002 09:10:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bmah@packetdesign.com) Received: from nimitz.packetdesign.com (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by nimitz.packetdesign.com (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id g9THAbCR017783 for ; Tue, 29 Oct 2002 09:10:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bmah@nimitz.packetdesign.com) Received: (from bmah@localhost) by nimitz.packetdesign.com (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id g9THAbIt017782; Tue, 29 Oct 2002 09:10:37 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200210291710.g9THAbIt017782@nimitz.packetdesign.com> Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 09:10:37 -0800 (PST) From: "Bruce A. Mah" Reply-To: "Bruce A. Mah" To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.113 Subject: docs/44595: Handbook only documents UserConfig for boot-time kernel config 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 >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: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message