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Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 21:25:37 +0200
From: Guido van Rooij <guido@gvr.org>
To: Mike Pritchard <mpp@mppsystems.com>
Cc: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: HEADS UP!: config changes...
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On Sat, Jun 24, 2000 at 06:32:47PM -0500, Mike Pritchard wrote:
> 
> SYNOPSIS
>     device isa
>     device ata0 at isa? port IO_WD1 irq 14
>     device ata1 at isa? port IO_WD2 irq 15
> 
> 
> Should this become:
> 
> SYNOPSIS
>     device isa
>     device ata
>     hint.ata.0.at="isa"
>     hint.ata.0.port="0x1F0"
>     hint.ata.0.irq="14"
>     hint.ata.1.at="isa"
>     hint.ata.1.port="0x170"
> 

How about adding a hint to the hint driver itself. E.g.

SYNOPSIS
	device isa
	device ata
	hint "hintsfile" 	# see hint(4)

-Guido


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