Date: Wed, 7 Jan 1998 18:12:22 +0100 From: Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>, jak@cetlink.net, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: LINT is missing examples for sio1-3 ? GENERIC does so Message-ID: <19980107181222.37726@klemm.gtn.com> In-Reply-To: <18215.884173374@time.cdrom.com>; from Jordan K. Hubbard on Wed, Jan 07, 1998 at 03:42:54AM -0800 References: <199801070956.UAA08688@godzilla.zeta.org.au> <18215.884173374@time.cdrom.com>
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On Wed, Jan 07, 1998 at 03:42:54AM -0800, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > Unfortunately, I have to note in regard to this last point that it > very definitely *has* become documentation and whether that was > anyone's original intentions or not. It has simply evolved, like so > many things in FreeBSD. I and many other people use "see LINT" as > a popular answer to kernel configuration questions ... Hmm, to second that, it's certainly easier for a developer, to add a quick note into LINT in ASCII, if a new feature comes up, than to think about writing/changing documentation in SGML. That should/could be done by people, who have committed themselves to write documentation. I'll wait some time before I'm going to commit the changes, I respect all of your pros and cons. But I think what Jordan lastly said reflects every days practice. I always dig around in LINT if I'm going to configure the kernel .... And I'm really happy, if I find a good piece of information .... That's indeed user friendly. Andreas /// -- Andreas Klemm powered by ,,symmetric multiprocessor FreeBSD''
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