From owner-freebsd-doc Sat Nov 30 21:30: 6 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 10F7437B404 for ; Sat, 30 Nov 2002 21:30:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6F8643EDA for ; Sat, 30 Nov 2002 21:30:01 -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 gB15U1x3081479 for ; Sat, 30 Nov 2002 21:30:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id gB15U1bX081478; Sat, 30 Nov 2002 21:30:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E2B6637B401 for ; Sat, 30 Nov 2002 21:28:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from www.reppep.com (www.reppep.com [66.92.104.200]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 691BA43EA9 for ; Sat, 30 Nov 2002 21:28:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from pepper@reppep.com) Received: by www.reppep.com (Postfix, from userid 501) id F18DCFFEA; Sun, 1 Dec 2002 00:28:20 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <20021201052820.F18DCFFEA@www.reppep.com> Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2002 00:28:20 -0500 (EST) From: Chris Pepper Reply-To: Chris Pepper To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.113 Subject: docs/45893: Language improvements to device.hints.5 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 >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 and . >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