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DEVICE_IDENTIFY.9: Modernize description and use cases
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Authored by jhb on Tue, Jan 7, 5:05 PM.
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Summary

Mention adding devices based on firmware tables and software-only
pseudo-devices as use cases for identify methods as those are more
common than reading random I/O ports to identify a legacy ISA device.

Describe how device_find_chid can be used to avoid duplicates. While
here, explicitly note that devices added in identify methods typically
use a fixed device name.

Trim the cross-references a bit.

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share/man/man9/DEVICE_IDENTIFY.9
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Wow this seems way better!

87

Sir, I see device_get_children but not device_get_child on current from yesterday.

Couple of nits,but it's so much better

share/man/man9/DEVICE_IDENTIFY.9
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in various ways?

50–53

Extra space?

This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Wed, Jan 8, 2:12 AM
share/man/man9/DEVICE_IDENTIFY.9
87

It's added in a commit later in this stack

jhb marked 3 inline comments as done.Thu, Jan 9, 8:18 PM
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share/man/man9/DEVICE_IDENTIFY.9
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Oh, this is supposed to be device_find_child