From owner-freebsd-doc Thu Nov 7 13:20: 4 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 5FD4737B401 for ; Thu, 7 Nov 2002 13:20:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1AE9843E42 for ; Thu, 7 Nov 2002 13:20:03 -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 gA7LK2x3019960 for ; Thu, 7 Nov 2002 13:20:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id gA7LK2cp019959; Thu, 7 Nov 2002 13:20:02 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 13:20:02 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200211072120.gA7LK2cp019959@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Tom Rhodes Subject: Re: docs/44595: Handbook only documents UserConfig for boot-time kernel config Reply-To: Tom Rhodes 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: Tom Rhodes To: bmah@FreeBSD.org Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/44595: Handbook only documents UserConfig for boot-time kernel config Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 16:12:38 -0500 On Thu, 07 Nov 2002 08:14:30 -0800 bmah@FreeBSD.org (Bruce A. Mah) wrote: > 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. > > > I added information about device.hints(5) to the boot chapter. Would a quick paragraph which: Explains that UserConfig is not in 5.0 Users must see the device.hints(5) manual page and/or Read THIS section of the handbook for information on device.hints(5) be sufficient? Or do you have a better approach? -- Tom Rhodes To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message