From 90a5b58b312ea73f54b75178231368a5ba4066aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Murray Stokely Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 16:29:42 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add "User documentation for ACPI" as a highly desirable feature for 5.0R. Link to relevant PR. Also link to relevant PR for device.hints documentation item. --- en/releases/5.0R/todo.sgml | 17 +++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/en/releases/5.0R/todo.sgml b/en/releases/5.0R/todo.sgml index 2b8ef3cf0b..ed1ccea3c5 100644 --- a/en/releases/5.0R/todo.sgml +++ b/en/releases/5.0R/todo.sgml @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ - + %includes; ]> @@ -155,7 +155,20 @@ width="10%">freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.orgWe need more documentation geared at average users about how to configure hardware devices with the new device.hints mechanism. This - material should be in the Handbook. + material should be in the Handbook. See PR 43529. + + + + User documentation for ACPI. + -- + freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org + + The new ACPI code is a very important component of FreeBSD + 5.0-RELEASE, but the documentation is insufficient. The manual + page does not describe how to perform the basic ACPI tasks. The + Usenix paper, man pages, and mailing list archives should be used + to write a substantial new section to the FreeBSD Handbook. New + users read the Handbook. See PR 43528.