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lintnotes2.diff (text/x-patch), 2.24 KB, created by Joel Dahl on 2004-12-29 23:58:20 UTC

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>Index: chapter.sgml
>===================================================================
>RCS file: /home/ncvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config/chapter.sgml,v
>retrieving revision 1.191
>diff -u -r1.191 chapter.sgml
>--- chapter.sgml	29 Nov 2004 21:43:36 -0000	1.191
>+++ chapter.sgml	29 Dec 2004 23:50:27 -0000
>@@ -863,15 +863,25 @@
> 	if your card is supported.</para>
> 
>       <para>Once you are sure your card is supported, you need
>-	to determine the proper driver for the card.  The file
>-	<filename>/usr/src/sys/i386/conf/LINT</filename> will give you
>-	the list of network interfaces drivers with some information
>+	to determine the proper driver for the card.
>+	<filename>/usr/src/sys/conf/NOTES</filename> and
>+	<filename>/usr/src/sys/i386/conf/NOTES</filename> will give you
>+	the list of network interface drivers with some information
> 	about the supported chipsets/cards.  If you have doubts about
> 	which driver is the correct one, read the manual page of the
> 	driver.  The manual page will give you more information about
> 	the supported hardware and even the possible problems that
> 	could occur.</para>
> 
>+      <note>
>+        <para><filename>NOTES</filename> does not exist on
>+          &os;&nbsp;4.X.  Instead, check the <filename>LINT</filename>
>+          file for information about various network interfaces.  See
>+          <xref linkend="kernelconfig-config"> for a more detailed
>+          summary of <filename>NOTES</filename> versus
>+          <filename>LINT</filename>.</para>
>+      </note>
>+
>       <para>If you own a common card, most of the time you will not
> 	have to look very hard for a driver.  Drivers for common
> 	network cards are present in the <filename>GENERIC</filename>
>@@ -900,7 +910,8 @@
> 	network card drivers (ISA cards and cards using the &man.ed.4;
> 	driver, for example).  Alternatively, you may statically compile
> 	the support for your card into your kernel.  Check
>-	<filename>/usr/src/sys/i386/conf/LINT</filename> and the
>+	<filename>/usr/src/sys/conf/NOTES</filename>,
>+	<filename>/usr/src/sys/i386/conf/NOTES</filename>, and the
> 	manual page of the driver to know what to add in your kernel
> 	configuration file.  For more information about recompiling your
> 	kernel, please see <xref linkend="kernelconfig">.  If your card

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