removing references to &os; 7.x

Eitan Adler lists at eitanadler.com
Fri Feb 15 22:27:00 UTC 2013


Thoughts?  To be committed after the EoL date.

commit cc6d080202580b418b0da029500ad695dfc1e1a5
Author: Eitan Adler <lists at eitanadler.com>
Date:   Fri Feb 15 17:16:01 2013 -0500

    Remove references / support of &os; 7.x

    ppp-and-slip not touched because of ongoing work to revise that chapter.

    Reviewed by:	???
    Approved by:	??? (mentor)

diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.xml
b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.xml
index 42b6726..7e1cfe8 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.xml
@@ -867,22 +867,6 @@ route_net2="-net 192.168.1.0/24
192.168.1.1"</programlisting>
 	    wrapper.</para>
 	</note>

-	<para>Under &os; 7.X, with a device driver you need to
-	  also bring in the 802.11 networking support required by the
-	  driver.  For the &man.ath.4; driver these are at least the
-	  &man.wlan.4;, <literal>wlan_scan_ap</literal> and
-	  <literal>wlan_scan_sta</literal> modules; the &man.wlan.4;
-	  module is automatically loaded with the wireless device
-	  driver, the remaining modules must be loaded at boot time
-	  in <filename>/boot/loader.conf</filename>:</para>
-
-	<programlisting>wlan_scan_ap_load="YES"
-wlan_scan_sta_load="YES"</programlisting>
-
-	<para>Since &os; 8.0, these modules are part of the
-	  base &man.wlan.4; driver which is dynamically loaded with
-	  the adapter driver.</para>
-
 	<para>With that, you will need the modules that implement
 	  cryptographic support for the security protocols you intend
 	  to use.  These are intended to be dynamically loaded on
@@ -922,13 +906,6 @@ device ath_hal           # pci/cardbus chip support
 options AH_SUPPORT_AR5416 # enable AR5416 tx/rx descriptors
 device ath_rate_sample   # SampleRate tx rate control for ath</programlisting>

-	  <para>Both following lines are also required by
-	    &os; 7.X, other &os; versions do not need
-	    them:</para>
-
-	  <programlisting>device wlan_scan_ap      # 802.11 AP mode scanning
-device wlan_scan_sta     # 802.11 STA mode scanning</programlisting>
-
 	  <para>With this information in the kernel configuration
 	    file, recompile the kernel and reboot your &os;
 	    machine.</para>
@@ -979,21 +956,6 @@ freebsdap       00:11:95:c3:0d:ac    1   54M
-83:96   100 EPS  WPA</screen>
 	      require you to mark the interface up again.</para>
 	  </note>

-	  <note>
-	    <para>Under &os; 7.X, the adapter device, for example
-	      <devicename><replaceable>ath0</replaceable></devicename>,
-	      is used directly instead of the
-	      <devicename>wlan<replaceable>0</replaceable></devicename>
-	      device.  This requires you to replace the both previous
-	      lines with:</para>
-
-	    <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>ifconfig
<replaceable>ath0</replaceable> up scan</userinput></screen>
-
-	    <para>In the rest of this document, &os; 7.X users
-	      will need to change the command and configuration lines
-	      according to that scheme.</para>
-	  </note>
-
 	  <para>The output of a scan request lists each BSS/IBSS
 	    network found.  Beside the name of the network,
 	    <literal>SSID</literal>, we find the
@@ -1096,13 +1058,6 @@ freebsdap       00:11:95:c3:0d:ac    1   54M
-83:96   100 EPS  WPA</screen>
 	    <programlisting>wlans_ath0="wlan0"
 ifconfig_wlan0="DHCP"</programlisting>

-	    <note>
-	      <para>As previously mentioned, &os; 7.X will only
-		require a line related to the adapter device:</para>
-
-	      <programlisting>ifconfig_ath0="DHCP"</programlisting>
-	    </note>
-
 	    <para>If there are multiple access points and you want to
 	      select a specific one, you can select it by its
 	      SSID:</para>
diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.xml
b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.xml
index 6cd038f..008b981 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.xml
@@ -3040,13 +3040,7 @@ Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity  Mounted on
 	kernel configuration.</para>

       <para>Next, enable disk quotas in
-	<filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename>.  On &os; 7.X and
-	earlier, this is done by adding the line:</para>
-
-      <programlisting>enable_quotas="YES"</programlisting>
-
-      <para>On &os; 8.0-RELEASE and later, add the following
-	line instead:</para>
+	<filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename>:</para>

       <programlisting>quota_enable="YES"</programlisting>

diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.xml
b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.xml
index 5f0810a..e2c87af 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.xml
@@ -4556,7 +4556,7 @@ Please press any key to reboot.</screen>
 	  <para>That directory will normally contain the following images:</para>

 	  <table frame="none">
-	    <title>FreeBSD 7.<replaceable>X</replaceable> and
8.<replaceable>X</replaceable>
+	    <title>&os; 8.<replaceable>X</replaceable>
 	      ISO Image Names and Meanings</title>

 	    <tgroup cols="2">
diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/linuxemu/chapter.xml
b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/linuxemu/chapter.xml
index ee33ada..259a705 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/linuxemu/chapter.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/linuxemu/chapter.xml
@@ -174,14 +174,6 @@ Id Refs Address    Size     Name
       <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd
/usr/ports/emulators/linux_base-f10</userinput>
 &prompt.root; <userinput>make install distclean</userinput></screen>

-	<note>
-	  <para>On &os; systems prior to &os; 8.0, you will have
-	    to use the <filename
-	      role="package">emulators/linux_base-fc4</filename> port
-	    instead of <filename
-	      role="package">emulators/linux_base-f10</filename>.</para>
-	</note>
-
 	<para>You should now have working Linux binary compatibility.
 	  Some programs may complain about incorrect minor versions
 	  of the system libraries.  In general, however, this does
diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors/chapter.xml
b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors/chapter.xml
index a0e056b..e6296dc 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors/chapter.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors/chapter.xml
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@
 	<application>CTM</application> distribution lists.
 	&a.ctm-cvs-cur.name; supports the entire CVS tree.
 	&a.ctm-src-cur.name; supports the head of the development
-	branch.  &a.ctm-src-7.name; supports the 7.X release branch,
+	branch.  &a.ctm-src-9.name; supports the 9.X release branch,
 	etc..  (If you do not know how to subscribe yourself to a
 	list, click on the list name above or go to
 	&a.mailman.lists.link; and click on the list that you wish to
diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/multimedia/chapter.xml
b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/multimedia/chapter.xml
index b592d01..0d80aae 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/multimedia/chapter.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/multimedia/chapter.xml
@@ -1677,10 +1677,7 @@ bktr0: Pinnacle/Miro TV, Philips SECAM
tuner.</programlisting>
 	<application>SANE</application> has a <ulink
 	url="http://www.sane-project.org/sane-supported-devices.html">supported
 	devices</ulink> list that can provide you with information
-	about the support for a scanner and its status.  On systems
-	prior to &os; 8.X the
-	&man.uscanner.4; manual page also provides a list of supported
-	USB scanners.</para>
+	about the support for a scanner and its status.</para>
     </sect2>

     <sect2>
@@ -1704,16 +1701,6 @@ device uhci
 device ohci
 device ehci</programlisting>

-	<para>On systems prior to &os; 8.X, the following line is
-	  also needed:</para>
-
-	<programlisting>device uscanner</programlisting>
-
-	<para>On these versions of &os;, the &man.uscanner.4; device
-	  driver provides support for the USB scanners.  Since
-	  &os; 8.0, this support is directly provided by
-	  the &man.libusb.3; library.</para>
-
 	<para>After rebooting with the correct kernel,
 	  plug in your USB scanner.  A
 	  line showing the detection of your
@@ -1722,14 +1709,9 @@ device ehci</programlisting>

 	<screen>ugen0.2: <EPSON> at usbus0</screen>

-	<para>or on a &os; 7.X system:</para>
-
-	<screen>uscanner0: EPSON EPSON Scanner, rev 1.10/3.02, addr 2</screen>
-
 	<para>These messages show that our scanner is using
-	  either <filename>/dev/ugen0.2</filename> or
-	  <filename>/dev/uscanner0</filename> as device node according
-	  to the &os; version we run.  For this example, a
+	  either <filename>/dev/ugen0.2</filename>
+	  as device node.  For this example, a
 	  &epson.perfection; 1650 USB scanner was used.</para>
       </sect3>

@@ -1973,22 +1955,6 @@ device `epson:/dev/uscanner0' is a Epson
GT-8200 flatbed scanner</screen>
 add path ugen0.2 mode 0660 group usb
 add path usb/0.2.0 mode 0666 group usb</programlisting>

-      <para>&os; 7.X users will probably need the following
-	lines with the correct device node
-	<filename>/dev/uscanner0</filename>:</para>
-
-      <programlisting>[system=5]
-add path uscanner0 mode 660 group usb</programlisting>
-
-      <para>Then add the following to
-	<filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename> and reboot the
-	machine:</para>
-
-      <programlisting>devfs_system_ruleset="system"</programlisting>
-
-      <para>More information regarding these lines can be found in the
-	&man.devfs.8; manual page.</para>
-
       <para>Now, one will just have to add users to the
 	<groupname><replaceable>usb</replaceable></groupname> group to
 	allow the access to the scanner:</para>
diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/printing/chapter.xml
b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/printing/chapter.xml
index 86745a3..b97a238 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/printing/chapter.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/printing/chapter.xml
@@ -215,15 +215,6 @@
   <sect1 id="printing-intro-setup">
     <title>Basic Setup</title>

-    <warning>
-      <para>As of &os; 8.0, device nodes for serial ports have been
-	renamed from
-	<filename>/dev/ttyd<replaceable>N</replaceable></filename> to
-	<filename>/dev/ttyu<replaceable>N</replaceable></filename>.
-	&os; 7.X users will have to adapt the following
-	documentation according to these changes.</para>
-    </warning>
-
     <para>To use printers with the <application>LPD</application>
       spooling system, you will need to set up both your printer
       hardware and the <application>LPD</application> software.  This
@@ -1468,15 +1459,6 @@ $%&'()*+,-./01234567
   <sect1 id="printing-advanced">
     <title>Advanced Printer Setup</title>

-    <warning>
-      <para>As of &os; 8.0, device nodes for serial ports have been
-	renamed from
-	<filename>/dev/ttyd<replaceable>N</replaceable></filename> to
-	<filename>/dev/ttyu<replaceable>N</replaceable></filename>.
-	&os; 7.X users will have to adapt the following
-	documentation according to these changes.</para>
-    </warning>
-
     <para>This section describes filters for printing specially
       formatted files, header pages, printing across networks, and
       restricting and accounting for printer usage.</para>
diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialcomms/chapter.xml
b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialcomms/chapter.xml
index 0bba8ba..c0cf334 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialcomms/chapter.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialcomms/chapter.xml
@@ -63,17 +63,6 @@
   <sect1 id="serial">
     <title>Introduction</title>

-    <warning>
-      <para>As of &os; 8.0, device nodes for serial ports have been
-	renamed from
-	<filename>/dev/cuad<replaceable>N</replaceable></filename> to
-	<filename>/dev/cuau<replaceable>N</replaceable></filename> and
-	from
-	<filename>/dev/ttyd<replaceable>N</replaceable></filename> to
-	<filename>/dev/ttyu<replaceable>N</replaceable></filename>.
-	&os; 7.X users will have to adapt the following
-	documentation according to these changes.</para>
-    </warning>
     <!-- XXX Write me! -->

     <sect2 id="serial-terminology">
@@ -708,18 +697,6 @@ sio3: type 16550A</screen>
     </sect1info>
     <title>Terminals</title>

-    <warning>
-      <para>As of &os; 8.0, device nodes for serial ports have been
-	renamed from
-	<filename>/dev/cuad<replaceable>N</replaceable></filename> to
-	<filename>/dev/cuau<replaceable>N</replaceable></filename> and
-	from
-	<filename>/dev/ttyd<replaceable>N</replaceable></filename> to
-	<filename>/dev/ttyu<replaceable>N</replaceable></filename>.
-	&os; 7.X users will have to adapt the following
-	documentation according to these changes.</para>
-    </warning>
-
     <indexterm><primary>terminals</primary></indexterm>

     <para>Terminals provide a convenient and low-cost way to access
@@ -1194,18 +1171,6 @@ ttyu5   "/usr/libexec/getty std.19200"  vt100
on insecure</programlisting>
     </sect1info>
     <title>Dial-in Service</title>

-    <warning>
-      <para>As of &os; 8.0, device nodes for serial ports have been
-	renamed from
-	<filename>/dev/cuad<replaceable>N</replaceable></filename> to
-	<filename>/dev/cuau<replaceable>N</replaceable></filename> and
-	from
-	<filename>/dev/ttyd<replaceable>N</replaceable></filename> to
-	<filename>/dev/ttyu<replaceable>N</replaceable></filename>.
-	&os; 7.X users will have to adapt the following
-	documentation according to these changes.</para>
-    </warning>
-
     <indexterm><primary>dial-in service</primary></indexterm>

     <para>Configuring your FreeBSD system for dial-in service is very
@@ -1921,15 +1886,6 @@ AT&B2&W</programlisting>
   <sect1 id="dialout">
     <title>Dial-out Service</title>

-    <warning>
-      <para>As of &os; 8.0, device nodes for serial ports have been
-	renamed from
-	<filename>/dev/cuad<replaceable>N</replaceable></filename> to
-	<filename>/dev/cuau<replaceable>N</replaceable></filename>.
-	&os; 7.X users will have to adapt the following
-	documentation according to these changes.</para>
-    </warning>
-
     <indexterm><primary>dial-out service</primary></indexterm>

     <para>The following are tips for getting your host to be able to
@@ -2247,15 +2203,6 @@ raisechar=^^</programlisting>
     </sect1info>
     <title>Setting Up the Serial Console</title>

-    <warning>
-      <para>As of &os; 8.0, device nodes for serial ports have been
-	renamed from
-	<filename>/dev/ttyd<replaceable>N</replaceable></filename> to
-	<filename>/dev/ttyu<replaceable>N</replaceable></filename>.
-	&os; 7.X users will have to adapt the following
-	documentation according to these changes.</para>
-    </warning>
-
     <indexterm><primary>serial console</primary></indexterm>

     <sect2 id="serialconsole-intro">


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