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Date:      Tue, 29 Aug 2000 20:41:12 -0700
From:      Jim Mock <jim@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: HARDWARE.TXT vs. {i386,alpha}/RELNOTES.TXT
Message-ID:  <20000829204112.A5240@luna.osd.bsdi.com>
In-Reply-To: <200008291834.e7TIYFm20218@bmah-freebsd-0.cisco.com>; from bmah@FreeBSD.ORG on Tue, Aug 29, 2000 at 11:34:15AM -0700
References:  <200008291834.e7TIYFm20218@bmah-freebsd-0.cisco.com>

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On Tue, 29 Aug 2000 at 11:34:15 -0700, Bruce A. Mah wrote:
> Hi fellow doc-ers:
> 
> Could someone explain to this newbie why we maintain separate lists
> of  supported hardware in HARDWARE.TXT vs. {i386,alpha}/RELNOTES.TXT?

I've never been able to figure this out either.

> It seems to me we ought to have this information in one place only,
> but maybe I'm missing something.

Agreed.

While I'm on the subject, I also think that Appendix F in the handbook
(PC Hardware Compatibility) should die, and the Supported Hardware
section of the install chapter should be what's kept up-to-date.  Either
that or the exact opposite -- rip the hardware out of the install
chapter and put it in the appendix.  Whichever is chosen doesn't really
matter -- the point is, we only need one, and if it's not updated
regularly, it's fairly useless anyway.

- jim

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