Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 22:15:27 -0700 From: John Reynolds <jjreynold@home.com> To: peb@amleth.demon.co.uk Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4.3-RC3 installation on Dell Latitude Message-ID: <3AD92E6F.27BDD4F9@home.com> References: <7863@amleth.demon.co.uk>
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> I have now scoured through the handbook just about end-to-end for such > hints that I could understand about these issues. I am learning more from > here and the misc newsgroup. The chapter on PCMCIA in the 4.2R handbook is > rather devoid of material (mostly TBA). Yes, I think that too--but the only way it'll get better is if we contribute. Even if you don't know DocBook, you can take a part of what you think might be lacking and enhance it in straight text and send it to doc@freebsd.org. There are several people there who might be nudged into marking it up for you and maybe even including it. If you've got something that definitely should go in there, then submitting a PR (using send-pr) with your additions included will increase the chances of it getting into the handbook (versus just stored in the mail archives :). > > Indeed. Patches ... I know, bring on the patches ... I'll try. At the very > > least I'll file a PR for it. > > Patches are only meant to be a temporary cure and the proper engineering Well, I agree with you--but what I was trying to do was head off the "show us the code" replies that sometimes show up. Since FreeBSD is all volunteers "code goes further than rhetoric". Take it easy, -Jr To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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