Subject: Re: Documenting options in man pages
To: matthew green <mrg@eterna.com.au>
From: Andrew Brown <atatat@atatdot.net>
List: tech-kern
Date: 09/27/2002 20:13:05
>anything specific to another device should go in that device's
>man page.  options(4) is for the rest.  options(4) could xref
>all the device man pages with options listed...

s/with options listed// ?

imho, any device driver that has options should detail them.  any
device drivers that share options should refer to options(4).
options(4) should detail any miscellaneous options and any options
that more than one device uses.

but that's just me.  :)

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