bge driver and MSI
Julian H. Stacey
jhs at berklix.com
Tue Dec 8 23:42:21 UTC 2009
> As a more general question, what would be the right medium to
> document such device errata as it relates to a driver? Is the
> man page the best location or would it be better to add a
> table near the top of the driver file which summarizes the
> bugs and the workarounds? Is there a general consensus?
Lots of Unix users dont have use or understand sources, so IMO
A) If person reporting is willing to code a fix, use send-pr to send .c patch.
B) Else use send-pr with a diff to add a BUGS section to eg bge.5 man file,
& cc programmers if known, who can delete BUGS lines when fixed.
Cheers,
Julian
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