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Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 09:18:42 -0700 (PDT)
From: Murray Stokely <murray@FreeBSD.org>
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Subject: docs/43529: device.hints mechanism is not documented in Handbook
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>Number:         43529
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       device.hints mechanism is not documented in Handbook
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Sep 30 09:20:03 PDT 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Murray Stokely
>Release:        FreeBSD 4.7-RC i386
>Organization:
FreeBSD Mall, Inc.
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD freefall.freebsd.org 4.7-RC FreeBSD 4.7-RC #5: Tue Sep 17 09:29:45 PDT 2002 peter@freefall.freebsd.org:/c/src/sys/compile/FREEFALL i386

>Description:

The device.hints functionality is not mentioned anywhere in the
Handbook.  The information about this drastic change in FreeBSD 5.0
must be better documented before we release FreeBSD 5.0.
device.hints(5) is a good place to start, but the material belongs in
the Handbook (where new-users will look for it).

>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:


>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:

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