Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2002 00:28:20 -0500 (EST) From: Chris Pepper <pepper@rockefeller.edu> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/45893: Language improvements to device.hints.5 Message-ID: <20021201052820.F18DCFFEA@www.reppep.com>
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>Number: 45893 >Category: docs >Synopsis: Language improvements to device.hints.5 >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sat Nov 30 21:30:01 PST 2002 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Chris Pepper >Release: FreeBSD 4.7-STABLE i386 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD www.reppep.com 4.7-STABLE FreeBSD 4.7-STABLE #1: Tue Nov 26 17:46:15 EST 2002 root@www.reppep.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 >Description: device.hints.5 contains infelicities. "by" is used in several places where "with" would be better, and there are a few others. >How-To-Repeat: Visit <http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=device.hints&sektion=5&manpath=FreeBSD+5.0-current>; and <http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/share/man/man5/device.hints.5?rev=1.7&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&only_with_tag=HEAD>. >Fix: Apply this patch. --- device.hints.5.patch begins here --- --- device.hints.5 Sun Dec 1 00:23:28 2002 +++ device.hints.5.fixed Sun Dec 1 00:23:19 2002 @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ .Nm file is read in by the boot .Xr loader 8 -when the system is about to start and its contents will be +when the system is about to start, and its contents are passed to the kernel. It contains various variables to control the boot behavior of the kernel. @@ -51,19 +51,19 @@ character are comments and are ignored by the boot loader. .Pp After the file is read by the boot loader, you may examine -the variables by the +the variables with the .Ic show -command, and may add a new variable, modify existing one, -or delete one by the +command, and may add a new variable, modify an existing one, +or delete a variable with the .Ic set and .Ic unset -commands of the boot loader +commands in the boot loader (see .Xr loader 8 ) . .Pp After the system has started, you can dump these variables -by the +with the .Xr kenv 1 command. .Sh DEVICE HINTS @@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ .Ar driver is the name of a device driver, .Ar unit -is the unit number, +is the unit number, and .Ar keyword is the keyword of the hint. The keyword may be: @@ -98,11 +98,11 @@ .It Li drq is the DMA channel number. .It Li maddr -specifies the physical memory address occupied by the device. +specifies the physical memory address used by the device. .It Li flags sets various flag bits for the device. .It Li disabled -is set to +can set to .Qq 1 to disable the device. .El --- device.hints.5.patch ends here --- >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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