From owner-freebsd-doc Tue Aug 29 20:41:15 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from envy.geekhouse.net (luna.geekhouse.net [64.81.6.50]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 96CFB37B423; Tue, 29 Aug 2000 20:41:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from jim@localhost) by envy.geekhouse.net (8.11.0/8.11.0) id e7U3fDp05369; Tue, 29 Aug 2000 20:41:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jim) Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 20:41:12 -0700 From: Jim Mock To: "Bruce A. Mah" Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HARDWARE.TXT vs. {i386,alpha}/RELNOTES.TXT Message-ID: <20000829204112.A5240@luna.osd.bsdi.com> Reply-To: jim@FreeBSD.ORG References: <200008291834.e7TIYFm20218@bmah-freebsd-0.cisco.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200008291834.e7TIYFm20218@bmah-freebsd-0.cisco.com>; from bmah@FreeBSD.ORG on Tue, Aug 29, 2000 at 11:34:15AM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 -- jim mock work: jim@osd.bsdi.com | jim@FreeBSD.org http://soupnazi.org/ BSDi Open Source Div | http://bsdi.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message