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"perlbug -ok" does the same thing for Perl. I added the first version of
this a few years ago. Perhaps "send-pr -ok"?

Charles

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris D. Faulhaber [mailto:jedgar@fxp.org]
Sent: Thursday, December 02, 1999 3:44 PM
To: Julian Elischer
Cc: hackers@freebsd.org; jkh@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Hardware list idea


On Thu, 2 Dec 1999, Julian Elischer wrote:

> 
> Might it be an idea to allow the setup program to have an option
> "Send word back to FreeBSD.org that this model of machine works".
> 
> or maybe, just a version of send-pr that does that, and uses a different 
> template:
> 
> Laptop: {yes/No}
> Manufacturer: 
> Model:
> #If you don't have a model number fill in the following details:
> CPU:
> SPeed:
> BUS bridges:
> 
> ...
> 

...along with the output of dmesg for better correlation between drivers
and models?

-----
Chris D. Faulhaber <jedgar@fxp.org>  |  All the true gurus I've met never
System/Network Administrator,        |  claimed they were one, and always
Reality Check Information, Inc.      |  pointed to someone better.




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