From owner-freebsd-doc Thu Nov 7 8:20: 7 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 B4C0137B401 for ; Thu, 7 Nov 2002 08:20:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E42A43E4A for ; Thu, 7 Nov 2002 08:20:05 -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 gA7GK5x3073685 for ; Thu, 7 Nov 2002 08:20:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id gA7GK50U073684; Thu, 7 Nov 2002 08:20:05 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 08:20:05 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200211071620.gA7GK50U073684@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: bmah@FreeBSD.org (Bruce A. Mah) Subject: Re: docs/44595: Handbook only documents UserConfig for boot-time kernel config Reply-To: bmah@FreeBSD.org (Bruce A. Mah) 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 The following reply was made to PR docs/44595; it has been noted by GNATS. From: bmah@FreeBSD.org (Bruce A. Mah) To: Tom Rhodes Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, bmah@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/44595: Handbook only documents UserConfig for boot-time kernel config Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2002 08:14:30 -0800 --==_Exmh_-483719590P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii If memory serves me right, Tom Rhodes wrote: > Isn't this what we use device.hints(5) for? Or do we need to document > yet another mechanism for configuring things at during the boot > operation? Yes, that's what device.hints(5) does. The problem is that there is no mention of this mechanism in the handbook's install chapter *at all*. Unless we at least mention device.hints(5), we're going to get a lot of confused new 5.0 users asking "Where's my UserConfig?" Bruce. --==_Exmh_-483719590P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (FreeBSD) Comment: Exmh version 2.5+ 20020506 iD8DBQE9ypFl2MoxcVugUsMRAgDsAJ9vFt9AscKZHN9UlM0dVxsKjFIApwCeOFVj 5jI0ero36XQG2Lc6wqA5QFM= =bdvH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_-483719590P-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message