From owner-freebsd-doc Mon Mar 25 8:43:48 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from samuelstn.dhs.org (h24-64-81-248.cg.shawcable.net [24.64.81.248]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 623B537B417 for ; Mon, 25 Mar 2002 08:43:33 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 96951 invoked from network); 25 Mar 2002 16:43:27 -0000 Received: from firewall (HELO SAMCHOW1.ca.nortel.com) (192.168.1.1) by homeserver with SMTP; 25 Mar 2002 16:43:27 -0000 Message-ID: <010801c1d41c$7b3aabe0$2784412f@ca.nortel.com> From: "Samuel Chow" To: "Tom Rhodes" , "Ceri" Cc: References: <200203251530.g2PFU5U23558@freefall.freebsd.org> Subject: Re: docs/35723 Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 09:45:33 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hold on. Someone just posted a patch to fix the le driver. Maybe we don't have to do anything. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Rhodes" To: Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 8:30 AM Subject: Re: docs/35723 > The following reply was made to PR docs/35723; it has been noted by GNATS. > > From: Tom Rhodes > To: Ceri > Cc: Josh Paetzel , > FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org > Subject: Re: docs/35723 > Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 10:39:43 -0500 > > Ceri wrote: > > > On Mon, Mar 25, 2002 at 10:21:56AM -0500, Tom Rhodes wrote: > > > >>Ceri wrote: > >> > >> > >>>On Sun, Mar 24, 2002 at 03:14:13PM +0000, Josh Paetzel wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>>Is there any reason not to commit this? I ran into yet another lost > >>>>soul on irc tonight trying to get this driver to work. > >>>> > >>>>*** le.4.old Fri Mar 15 10:57:26 2002 > >>>>--- le.4 Fri Mar 15 10:57:42 2002 > >>>>*************** > >>>>*** 93,95 **** > >>>>--- 93,99 ---- > >>>> .An Matt Thomas . > >>>> This manual page was written by > >>>> .An David E. O'Brien . > >>>>+ .Sh BUGS > >>>>+ This driver has been causing kernel panics since 4.0-RELEASE, and > >>>>appears to be no > >>>>+ longer actively maintained. PR misc/18641 describes the known > >>>>issues that have been > >>>>+ submitted. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>Well I don't think we should refer to PRs in manpages for one. > >>> > >>> > >>hmmm, Ceri, why don't we cut from the PR listing down? > >> > > > > Well I also don't think that we should say "this driver...appears to be > > no longer actively maintained". > > Which means that I don't like two thirds of the suggested patch, which > > is really quite a lot for a 27 word patch. > > > > Far better would something like "This driver causes kernel panics". > > And I don't like that either :) > > > > Ceri > > > > > > This driver causes inconsistancies (sp, use i/aspell) and can > sometimes lead to kernel panics. > > This driver is currently obsolete and may cause system instability, > if this occurs please try another driver or card. > > Can we email the maintainer and find out if their is another driver > that can be used in its place, maybe list that? How do you feel > about the above sentances? I know it will be ``raising barriers'' for > users, but they should be warned about a driver known to cause > panics. On the other hand, I do not like mentioning the other card > idea. Catch 22? > > -- > Tom (Darklogik) Rhodes > www.Pittgoth.com Gothic Liberation Front > www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message