From owner-freebsd-doc Fri Dec 15 13:36:12 2000 From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 15 13:36:10 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from envy.geekhouse.net (envy.geekhouse.net [64.81.6.50]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C98737B400 for ; Fri, 15 Dec 2000 13:36:10 -0800 (PST) Received: (from jim@localhost) by envy.geekhouse.net (8.11.1/8.11.1) id eBFLa9J23404 for doc@FreeBSD.org; Fri, 15 Dec 2000 13:36:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jim) Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 13:36:09 -0800 From: Jim Mock To: doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Supported hardware list(s) Message-ID: <20001215133609.A23331@envy.geekhouse.net> Reply-To: jim@osd.bsdi.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.12i Sender: jim@envy.geekhouse.net Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Howdy folks, Once again, I've been tasked with getting the handbook up-to-date and ready to print a 2nd edition. It needs quite a bit of work, most of which I'll address in another message later. For now, I'd like to get the hardware list down to *one* place. Right now we have different lists in 3 places -- the install chapter, the appendix, as well as HARDWARE.TXT. The last is probably the most likely candidate to be kept up-to-date, so, I think we should take advantage of it. Here's what I propose: 1) Nuke the hardware compatibility appendix. It's quite out of date, and since no one has taken an interest in "claiming" it as their own, we should get rid of it. 2) In the install chapter, do as we do elsewhere -- link to HARDWARE.TXT on ftp.FreeBSD.org, or to the one on the reader's system at /usr/src/release/texts/HARDWARE.TXT. Granted, the 2nd will only work if the reader has source installed, but we could provide a link to both to make that a non-issue. I'm interested in hearing what others think -- I know there are a lot of folks who'd like to see one hardware list, and I'm one of them :-) Comments? - jim -- jim mock work: jim@osd.bsdi.com | jim@FreeBSD.org http://soupnazi.org/ BSDi Open Source Div | http://bsdi.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message