Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 23:40:31 -0500 From: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: removing references to &os; 7.x Message-ID: <CAF6rxg=Mg7kYBvrkbiyOnzB-scLmoTvy5ptsMJ%2BmUAy1JiJA0Q@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAF6rxgku5w2zh9oKgTmRk595hi4mb9R458%2Bd_pvTxPSsFZYsTw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAF6rxgku5w2zh9oKgTmRk595hi4mb9R458%2Bd_pvTxPSsFZYsTw@mail.gmail.com>
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On 15 February 2013 17:26, Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> wrote:
> Thoughts? To be committed after the EoL date.
A couple of other parts added:
commit 0d896fc6c0ba639f011381f375666a865a46754f
Author: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com>
Date: Fri Feb 15 17:16:01 2013 -0500
Remove references / support of &os; 7.x
ppp-and-slip not touched because of ongoing work to revise that chapter.
Reviewed by: ???
Approved by: ??? (mentor)
diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.xml
b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.xml
index 42b6726..7e1cfe8 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.xml
@@ -867,22 +867,6 @@ route_net2="-net 192.168.1.0/24
192.168.1.1"</programlisting>
wrapper.</para>
</note>
- <para>Under &os; 7.X, with a device driver you need to
- also bring in the 802.11 networking support required by the
- driver. For the &man.ath.4; driver these are at least the
- &man.wlan.4;, <literal>wlan_scan_ap</literal> and
- <literal>wlan_scan_sta</literal> modules; the &man.wlan.4;
- module is automatically loaded with the wireless device
- driver, the remaining modules must be loaded at boot time
- in <filename>/boot/loader.conf</filename>:</para>
-
- <programlisting>wlan_scan_ap_load="YES"
-wlan_scan_sta_load="YES"</programlisting>
-
- <para>Since &os; 8.0, these modules are part of the
- base &man.wlan.4; driver which is dynamically loaded with
- the adapter driver.</para>
-
<para>With that, you will need the modules that implement
cryptographic support for the security protocols you intend
to use. These are intended to be dynamically loaded on
@@ -922,13 +906,6 @@ device ath_hal # pci/cardbus chip support
options AH_SUPPORT_AR5416 # enable AR5416 tx/rx descriptors
device ath_rate_sample # SampleRate tx rate control for ath</programlisting>
- <para>Both following lines are also required by
- &os; 7.X, other &os; versions do not need
- them:</para>
-
- <programlisting>device wlan_scan_ap # 802.11 AP mode scanning
-device wlan_scan_sta # 802.11 STA mode scanning</programlisting>
-
<para>With this information in the kernel configuration
file, recompile the kernel and reboot your &os;
machine.</para>
@@ -979,21 +956,6 @@ freebsdap 00:11:95:c3:0d:ac 1 54M
-83:96 100 EPS WPA</screen>
require you to mark the interface up again.</para>
</note>
- <note>
- <para>Under &os; 7.X, the adapter device, for example
- <devicename><replaceable>ath0</replaceable></devicename>,
- is used directly instead of the
- <devicename>wlan<replaceable>0</replaceable></devicename>
- device. This requires you to replace the both previous
- lines with:</para>
-
- <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>ifconfig
<replaceable>ath0</replaceable> up scan</userinput></screen>
-
- <para>In the rest of this document, &os; 7.X users
- will need to change the command and configuration lines
- according to that scheme.</para>
- </note>
-
<para>The output of a scan request lists each BSS/IBSS
network found. Beside the name of the network,
<literal>SSID</literal>, we find the
@@ -1096,13 +1058,6 @@ freebsdap 00:11:95:c3:0d:ac 1 54M
-83:96 100 EPS WPA</screen>
<programlisting>wlans_ath0="wlan0"
ifconfig_wlan0="DHCP"</programlisting>
- <note>
- <para>As previously mentioned, &os; 7.X will only
- require a line related to the adapter device:</para>
-
- <programlisting>ifconfig_ath0="DHCP"</programlisting>
- </note>
-
<para>If there are multiple access points and you want to
select a specific one, you can select it by its
SSID:</para>
diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.xml
b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.xml
index 6cd038f..aa7bec2 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.xml
@@ -3040,13 +3040,7 @@ Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on
kernel configuration.</para>
<para>Next, enable disk quotas in
- <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename>. On &os; 7.X and
- earlier, this is done by adding the line:</para>
-
- <programlisting>enable_quotas="YES"</programlisting>
-
- <para>On &os; 8.0-RELEASE and later, add the following
- line instead:</para>
+ <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename>:</para>
<programlisting>quota_enable="YES"</programlisting>
@@ -4028,10 +4022,6 @@ Device 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity
linkend="network-communication">&os;
networking</link>.</para>
</listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>Use &os; 8.1-RELEASE or newer.</para>
- </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>The <acronym>HAST</acronym> project was sponsored by The
diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.xml
b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.xml
index 5f0810a..e2c87af 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.xml
@@ -4556,7 +4556,7 @@ Please press any key to reboot.</screen>
<para>That directory will normally contain the following images:</para>
<table frame="none">
- <title>FreeBSD 7.<replaceable>X</replaceable> and
8.<replaceable>X</replaceable>
+ <title>&os; 8.<replaceable>X</replaceable>
ISO Image Names and Meanings</title>
<tgroup cols="2">
diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/linuxemu/chapter.xml
b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/linuxemu/chapter.xml
index ee33ada..259a705 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/linuxemu/chapter.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/linuxemu/chapter.xml
@@ -174,14 +174,6 @@ Id Refs Address Size Name
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd
/usr/ports/emulators/linux_base-f10</userinput>
&prompt.root; <userinput>make install distclean</userinput></screen>
- <note>
- <para>On &os; systems prior to &os; 8.0, you will have
- to use the <filename
- role="package">emulators/linux_base-fc4</filename> port
- instead of <filename
- role="package">emulators/linux_base-f10</filename>.</para>
- </note>
-
<para>You should now have working Linux binary compatibility.
Some programs may complain about incorrect minor versions
of the system libraries. In general, however, this does
diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors/chapter.xml
b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors/chapter.xml
index a0e056b..e6296dc 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors/chapter.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors/chapter.xml
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@
<application>CTM</application> distribution lists.
&a.ctm-cvs-cur.name; supports the entire CVS tree.
&a.ctm-src-cur.name; supports the head of the development
- branch. &a.ctm-src-7.name; supports the 7.X release branch,
+ branch. &a.ctm-src-9.name; supports the 9.X release branch,
etc.. (If you do not know how to subscribe yourself to a
list, click on the list name above or go to
&a.mailman.lists.link; and click on the list that you wish to
diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/multimedia/chapter.xml
b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/multimedia/chapter.xml
index b592d01..0d80aae 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/multimedia/chapter.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/multimedia/chapter.xml
@@ -1677,10 +1677,7 @@ bktr0: Pinnacle/Miro TV, Philips SECAM
tuner.</programlisting>
<application>SANE</application> has a <ulink
url="http://www.sane-project.org/sane-supported-devices.html">supported
devices</ulink> list that can provide you with information
- about the support for a scanner and its status. On systems
- prior to &os; 8.X the
- &man.uscanner.4; manual page also provides a list of supported
- USB scanners.</para>
+ about the support for a scanner and its status.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
@@ -1704,16 +1701,6 @@ device uhci
device ohci
device ehci</programlisting>
- <para>On systems prior to &os; 8.X, the following line is
- also needed:</para>
-
- <programlisting>device uscanner</programlisting>
-
- <para>On these versions of &os;, the &man.uscanner.4; device
- driver provides support for the USB scanners. Since
- &os; 8.0, this support is directly provided by
- the &man.libusb.3; library.</para>
-
<para>After rebooting with the correct kernel,
plug in your USB scanner. A
line showing the detection of your
@@ -1722,14 +1709,9 @@ device ehci</programlisting>
<screen>ugen0.2: <EPSON> at usbus0</screen>
- <para>or on a &os; 7.X system:</para>
-
- <screen>uscanner0: EPSON EPSON Scanner, rev 1.10/3.02, addr 2</screen>
-
<para>These messages show that our scanner is using
- either <filename>/dev/ugen0.2</filename> or
- <filename>/dev/uscanner0</filename> as device node according
- to the &os; version we run. For this example, a
+ either <filename>/dev/ugen0.2</filename>
+ as device node. For this example, a
&epson.perfection; 1650 USB scanner was used.</para>
</sect3>
@@ -1973,22 +1955,6 @@ device `epson:/dev/uscanner0' is a Epson
GT-8200 flatbed scanner</screen>
add path ugen0.2 mode 0660 group usb
add path usb/0.2.0 mode 0666 group usb</programlisting>
- <para>&os; 7.X users will probably need the following
- lines with the correct device node
- <filename>/dev/uscanner0</filename>:</para>
-
- <programlisting>[system=5]
-add path uscanner0 mode 660 group usb</programlisting>
-
- <para>Then add the following to
- <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename> and reboot the
- machine:</para>
-
- <programlisting>devfs_system_ruleset="system"</programlisting>
-
- <para>More information regarding these lines can be found in the
- &man.devfs.8; manual page.</para>
-
<para>Now, one will just have to add users to the
<groupname><replaceable>usb</replaceable></groupname> group to
allow the access to the scanner:</para>
diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/printing/chapter.xml
b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/printing/chapter.xml
index 5a1bd15..974494e 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/printing/chapter.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/printing/chapter.xml
@@ -212,15 +212,6 @@
<sect1 id="printing-intro-setup">
<title>Basic Setup</title>
- <warning>
- <para>As of &os; 8.0, device nodes for serial ports have been
- renamed from
- <filename>/dev/ttyd<replaceable>N</replaceable></filename> to
- <filename>/dev/ttyu<replaceable>N</replaceable></filename>.
- &os; 7.X users will have to adapt the following
- documentation according to these changes.</para>
- </warning>
-
<para>To use printers with the <application>LPD</application>
spooling system, you will need to set up both your printer
hardware and the <application>LPD</application> software. This
@@ -1465,15 +1456,6 @@ $%&'()*+,-./01234567
<sect1 id="printing-advanced">
<title>Advanced Printer Setup</title>
- <warning>
- <para>As of &os; 8.0, device nodes for serial ports have been
- renamed from
- <filename>/dev/ttyd<replaceable>N</replaceable></filename> to
- <filename>/dev/ttyu<replaceable>N</replaceable></filename>.
- &os; 7.X users will have to adapt the following
- documentation according to these changes.</para>
- </warning>
-
<para>This section describes filters for printing specially
formatted files, header pages, printing across networks, and
restricting and accounting for printer usage.</para>
diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/security/chapter.xml
b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/security/chapter.xml
index 3cd5bd1..365e172 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/security/chapter.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/security/chapter.xml
@@ -645,8 +645,7 @@
turned off, and access to raw devices will be denied. Higher
levels restrict even more operations. For a full description
of the effect of various secure levels, please read the
- &man.security.7; manual page (or the manual page of
- &man.init.8; in releases older than &os; 7.0).</para>
+ &man.security.7; manual page.</para>
<note>
<para>Bumping the secure level to 1 or higher may cause a few
diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialcomms/chapter.xml
b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialcomms/chapter.xml
index 0bba8ba..c0cf334 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialcomms/chapter.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialcomms/chapter.xml
@@ -63,17 +63,6 @@
<sect1 id="serial">
<title>Introduction</title>
- <warning>
- <para>As of &os; 8.0, device nodes for serial ports have been
- renamed from
- <filename>/dev/cuad<replaceable>N</replaceable></filename> to
- <filename>/dev/cuau<replaceable>N</replaceable></filename> and
- from
- <filename>/dev/ttyd<replaceable>N</replaceable></filename> to
- <filename>/dev/ttyu<replaceable>N</replaceable></filename>.
- &os; 7.X users will have to adapt the following
- documentation according to these changes.</para>
- </warning>
<!-- XXX Write me! -->
<sect2 id="serial-terminology">
@@ -708,18 +697,6 @@ sio3: type 16550A</screen>
</sect1info>
<title>Terminals</title>
- <warning>
- <para>As of &os; 8.0, device nodes for serial ports have been
- renamed from
- <filename>/dev/cuad<replaceable>N</replaceable></filename> to
- <filename>/dev/cuau<replaceable>N</replaceable></filename> and
- from
- <filename>/dev/ttyd<replaceable>N</replaceable></filename> to
- <filename>/dev/ttyu<replaceable>N</replaceable></filename>.
- &os; 7.X users will have to adapt the following
- documentation according to these changes.</para>
- </warning>
-
<indexterm><primary>terminals</primary></indexterm>
<para>Terminals provide a convenient and low-cost way to access
@@ -1194,18 +1171,6 @@ ttyu5 "/usr/libexec/getty std.19200" vt100
on insecure</programlisting>
</sect1info>
<title>Dial-in Service</title>
- <warning>
- <para>As of &os; 8.0, device nodes for serial ports have been
- renamed from
- <filename>/dev/cuad<replaceable>N</replaceable></filename> to
- <filename>/dev/cuau<replaceable>N</replaceable></filename> and
- from
- <filename>/dev/ttyd<replaceable>N</replaceable></filename> to
- <filename>/dev/ttyu<replaceable>N</replaceable></filename>.
- &os; 7.X users will have to adapt the following
- documentation according to these changes.</para>
- </warning>
-
<indexterm><primary>dial-in service</primary></indexterm>
<para>Configuring your FreeBSD system for dial-in service is very
@@ -1921,15 +1886,6 @@ AT&B2&W</programlisting>
<sect1 id="dialout">
<title>Dial-out Service</title>
- <warning>
- <para>As of &os; 8.0, device nodes for serial ports have been
- renamed from
- <filename>/dev/cuad<replaceable>N</replaceable></filename> to
- <filename>/dev/cuau<replaceable>N</replaceable></filename>.
- &os; 7.X users will have to adapt the following
- documentation according to these changes.</para>
- </warning>
-
<indexterm><primary>dial-out service</primary></indexterm>
<para>The following are tips for getting your host to be able to
@@ -2247,15 +2203,6 @@ raisechar=^^</programlisting>
</sect1info>
<title>Setting Up the Serial Console</title>
- <warning>
- <para>As of &os; 8.0, device nodes for serial ports have been
- renamed from
- <filename>/dev/ttyd<replaceable>N</replaceable></filename> to
- <filename>/dev/ttyu<replaceable>N</replaceable></filename>.
- &os; 7.X users will have to adapt the following
- documentation according to these changes.</para>
- </warning>
-
<indexterm><primary>serial console</primary></indexterm>
<sect2 id="serialconsole-intro">
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