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authorbmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org>2003-08-19 15:34:06 +0000
committerbmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org>2003-08-19 15:34:06 +0000
commite29bbbe0d15ac2171955708a057f91d371d3032c (patch)
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parent6404cf2aa0d0a382926c727adbbc1d8f986f3e1e (diff)
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Add a bit of text saying that mentions of specific devices are
gradually going away.
Diffstat (limited to 'release')
-rw-r--r--release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/article.sgml13
-rw-r--r--release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/common/dev.sgml13
2 files changed, 24 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/article.sgml
index 025cba5..dc821c7 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/article.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/article.sgml
@@ -43,7 +43,18 @@
<para>Where possible, the drivers applicable to each device or class
of devices is listed. If the driver in question has a manual page
- in the &os; base distribution (most should), it is referenced here.</para>
+ in the &os; base distribution (most should), it is referenced here.
+ Information on specific models of supported devices, controllers,
+ etc. can be found in the manual pages.</para>
+
+ <note>
+ <para>Lists of specific, supported devices are gradually being
+ removed from this document in order to reduce the amount of
+ duplicated (and potentially out-of-date) information contained
+ within. When this process is complete, the manual page for each
+ driver should be consulted for the authoritative list of devices
+ supported that particular driver.</para>
+ </note>
<sect2>
<title>Disk Controllers</title>
diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/common/dev.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/common/dev.sgml
index 025cba5..dc821c7 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/common/dev.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/common/dev.sgml
@@ -43,7 +43,18 @@
<para>Where possible, the drivers applicable to each device or class
of devices is listed. If the driver in question has a manual page
- in the &os; base distribution (most should), it is referenced here.</para>
+ in the &os; base distribution (most should), it is referenced here.
+ Information on specific models of supported devices, controllers,
+ etc. can be found in the manual pages.</para>
+
+ <note>
+ <para>Lists of specific, supported devices are gradually being
+ removed from this document in order to reduce the amount of
+ duplicated (and potentially out-of-date) information contained
+ within. When this process is complete, the manual page for each
+ driver should be consulted for the authoritative list of devices
+ supported that particular driver.</para>
+ </note>
<sect2>
<title>Disk Controllers</title>
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