Attachment 23506 Details for Bug 40443 – book.sgml.diff

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>Index: book.sgml
>===================================================================
>RCS file: /home/ncvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v
>retrieving revision 1.456
>diff -u -r1.456 book.sgml
>--- book.sgml	2002/06/28 23:44:37	1.456
>+++ book.sgml	2002/07/11 03:35:06
>@@ -62,9 +62,9 @@
> 
>     <para>Welcome to the FreeBSD 2.X-4.X FAQ!</para>
> 
>-    <para>As is usual with Usenet FAQs, this document aims to cover the
>-      most frequently asked questions concerning the FreeBSD operating
>-      system (and of course answer them!).  Although originally intended
>+    <para>As is usual with FAQs, this document identifies and answers some
>+      frequently asked questions, in this case concerning the FreeBSD operating
>+      system.  Although originally intended
>       to reduce bandwidth and avoid the same old questions being asked
>       over and over again, FAQs have become recognized as valuable
>       information resources.</para>
>@@ -2426,18 +2426,21 @@
>         </question>
> 
>         <answer>
>-          <para>USB device support was added to FreeBSD 3.1.  However, it
>-            is still in preliminary state and may not always work as of
>-            version 3.2. If you want to experiment with the USB keyboard
>-            support, follow the procedure described below.</para>
>+          <para>Preliminary USB device support was added to FreeBSD 3.1,
>+            and significantly improved in 3.2; 3.1 is not recommended
>+            for USB usage.  As of FreeBSD 4.1, the GENERIC kernel
>+            can automatically load USB device drivers as
>+            necessary.</para>
>+
>+              <para>With FreeBSD 4.1 and later, USB support can be
>+              enabled in /etc/rc.conf; everything else is automatic.
>+              Edit <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename> and add the
>+              following lines:</para>
> 
>-          <procedure>
>-            <step>
>-              <para>Use FreeBSD 3.2 or later.</para>
>-            </step>
>+              <programlisting>usbd_enable="YES"
>+usbd_flags=""</programlisting>
> 
>-            <step>
>-              <para>Add the following lines to your kernel configuration
>+              <para>For FreeBSD 4.0, add the following lines to your kernel configuration
>                 file, and rebuild the kernel.</para>
> 
>               <programlisting>device  uhci
>@@ -2446,7 +2449,7 @@
> device  ukbd
> options KBD_INSTALL_CDEV</programlisting>
> 
>-              <para>In versions of FreeBSD before 4.0, use this
>+              <para>In versions of FreeBSD before 4.0, use these lines
>                 instead:</para>
> 
>               <programlisting>controller      uhci0
>@@ -2454,35 +2457,22 @@
> controller      usb0
> controller      ukbd0
> options         KBD_INSTALL_CDEV</programlisting>
>-            </step>
> 
>-            <step>
>-              <para>Go to the <filename>/dev</filename> directory and create
>+              <para>If you've rebuilt your kernel, go to the <filename>/dev</filename> directory and create
>                 device nodes as follows:</para>
> 
>               <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /dev</userinput>
> &prompt.root; <userinput>./MAKEDEV kbd0 kbd1</userinput></screen>
>-
>-            </step>
>-
>-            <step>
>-              <para>Edit <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename> and add the
>-                following lines:</para>
>-
>-              <programlisting>usbd_enable="YES"
>-usbd_flags=""</programlisting>
>-
>-            </step>
>-          </procedure>
> 
>-          <para>After the system is rebooted, the AT keyboard becomes
>+          <para>After the system is rebooted, the AT or PS/2 keyboard becomes
>             <devicename>/dev/kbd0</devicename> and the USB keyboard becomes
>             <devicename>/dev/kbd1</devicename>, if both are connected to the
>-            system.  If there is the USB keyboard only, it will be
>-            <devicename>/dev/ukbd0</devicename>.</para>
>+            system.  If the only keyboard is USB, it will be
>+            <devicename>/dev/ukbd0</devicename> and <devicename>/dev/kbd0</devicename>.</para>
> 
>-          <para>If you want to use the USB keyboard in the console, you
>-            have to explicitly tell the console driver to use the existing
>+          <para>If you want to use the USB keyboard in the console with
>+            an AT or PS/2 keyboard connected, you
>+            have to explicitly tell the console driver to use the
>             USB keyboard. This can be done by running the following
>             command as a part of system initialization.</para>

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