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authorMark Linimon <linimon@FreeBSD.org>2006-06-26 01:38:45 +0000
committerMark Linimon <linimon@FreeBSD.org>2006-06-26 01:38:45 +0000
commitf0f97c1a288f32ceee7ee6df8180d4fb52b72b3d (patch)
tree5cab80ea305b4619cde4c33e0f18063740fbd89b
parentcbfe2dd174fcc028004178fbb06ec76aa7850b75 (diff)
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diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/eresources/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/eresources/chapter.sgml
index e068d4210e..4dceab8cdc 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/eresources/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/eresources/chapter.sgml
@@ -462,7 +462,8 @@
<row>
<entry>&a.small.name;</entry>
- <entry>Using FreeBSD in embedded applications</entry>
+ <entry>Using FreeBSD in embedded applications
+ (obsolete; use &a.embedded.name; instead)</entry>
</row>
<row>
@@ -971,9 +972,16 @@
<para><emphasis>Using FreeBSD in embedded
applications</emphasis></para>
- <para>This list discusses topics related to unusually small and
- embedded FreeBSD installations. This is a technical mailing
- list for which strictly technical content is expected.</para>
+ <para>This list discusses topics related to using FreeBSD in
+ embedded systems. This is a technical mailing list for which
+ strictly technical content is expected. For the purpose of
+ this list we define embedded systems as those computing
+ devices which are not desktops and which usually serve a
+ single purpose as opposed to being general computing
+ environments. Examples include, but are not limited to,
+ all kinds of phone handsets, network equipment such as
+ routers, switches and PBXs, remote measuring equipment,
+ PDAs, Point Of Sale systems, and so on.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -1384,6 +1392,11 @@
<para>This list discusses topics related to unusually small and
embedded FreeBSD installations. This is a technical mailing
list for which strictly technical content is expected.</para>
+
+ <note>
+ <para>This list has been obsoleted by &a.embedded.name;.</para>
+ </note>
+
</listitem>
</varlistentry>