Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 11:05:01 +0900 From: Seigo Tanimura <tanimura@r.dl.itc.u-tokyo.ac.jp> To: wilko@yedi.iaf.nl Cc: Seigo Tanimura <tanimura@r.dl.itc.u-tokyo.ac.jp> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/release/texts/alpha HARDWARE.TXT src/release/texts/i386 HARDWARE.TXT Message-ID: <14470.27981.737324.29321F@rina.r.dl.itc.u-tokyo.ac.jp> In-Reply-To: In your message of "Mon, 17 Jan 2000 23:29:06 %2B0100" <20000117232905.C5824@yedi.iaf.nl> References: <200001150625.WAA20461@freefall.freebsd.org> <20000115110114.A53766@yedi.iaf.nl> <14466.56531.14048.11700X@rina.r.dl.itc.u-tokyo.ac.jp> <20000117232905.C5824@yedi.iaf.nl>
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On Mon, 17 Jan 2000 23:29:06 +0100, Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl> said: Wilko> Will I be shot if I propose the following: Wilko> - (mostly) remove the section "2. Supported configurations" from both Wilko> i386/alpha RELNOTES.TXT and insert a pointer to the HARDWARE.TXT file? Wilko> This keeps all supported h/w stuff in one file (HARDWARE.TXT) and reduces Wilko> the chance that things go out of sync. Wilko> - move the i386/HARDWARE.TXT to release/texts (so one level down) Wilko> and take that as the starting point for the 'generic' HARDWARE.TXT Wilko> With i386 being the leading port of FreeBSD this can be taken as the Wilko> reference, reducing the need to completely overhaul the HARDWARE.TXT Wilko> This file then will be the master file in which all new supported hardware Wilko> is listed. Wilko> - create a alpha/HARDWARE.TXT which contains the specifics for the Wilko> specific platform. So, this file contains the things that are not supported Wilko> on alpha, and the Alpha hardware overview I wrote over the last couple of Wilko> weeks (currently named release/alpha/ALPHAHW.TXT) Wilko> - change release/Makefile to concat the HARDWARE.TXT files and put them in Wilko> the right release-areas. These sound good. We just print out the appropriate HARDWARE.TXTs, run to a PC shop and purchase a new card. -- Seigo Tanimura <tanimura@r.dl.itc.u-tokyo.ac.jp> <tanimura@FreeBSD.org> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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