From owner-freebsd-doc Tue Aug 20 10:10: 9 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 9CAF837B400 for ; Tue, 20 Aug 2002 10:10:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7FD7D43E6A for ; Tue, 20 Aug 2002 10:10:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.4/8.12.4) with ESMTP id g7KHA3JU075142 for ; Tue, 20 Aug 2002 10:10:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.4/8.12.4/Submit) id g7KHA3ie075141; Tue, 20 Aug 2002 10:10:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 733BF37B400 for ; Tue, 20 Aug 2002 10:02:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from www.freebsd.org (www.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.117]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 32CEC43E65 for ; Tue, 20 Aug 2002 10:02:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.freebsd.org (8.12.4/8.12.4) with ESMTP id g7KH2pOT025867 for ; Tue, 20 Aug 2002 10:02:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nobody@www.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by www.freebsd.org (8.12.4/8.12.4/Submit) id g7KH2ppQ025866; Tue, 20 Aug 2002 10:02:51 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200208201702.g7KH2ppQ025866@www.freebsd.org> Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 10:02:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Jerry Dunham To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-1.0 Subject: docs/41820: Device driver confusion in Handbook (2.3) 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: 41820 >Category: docs >Synopsis: Device driver confusion in Handbook (2.3) >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: Tue Aug 20 10:10:03 PDT 2002 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Jerry Dunham >Release: 4.6 >Organization: M3 Design, Inc. >Environment: Not finished installing yet. It can't find my SCSI CDD. >Description: I'm installing 4.6, working from the Handbook for the first time. As I worked through section 2.3 I found that the Active-drivers screen, with its long list of conflicting hardware I'd never seen before, conflicted with the device probe screen that followed. A friend informed me that the first screen was attempting (and not well) to deal with ISA cards (of which I have none) and the device probe screen was attempting (and doing well) to deal with PCI cards. I would never have figured this out from the explanation in 2.3, and spent some time frozen at that point of the install before I learned that all was really okay. >How-To-Repeat: Install 4.6 on a PCI system working from the Handbook, section 2.3. >Fix: Add some explanation of the two different device driver screens and explain that if you have a PCI-only machine you don't really need to worry about what shows in the Active-drivers screen. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message