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The Book of PF
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The Book of PF

by Peter N.M. Hansteen
December 2007
Intermediate to advanced
184 pages
4h 45m
English
No Starch Press
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Issues Facing Hardware-Support Developers

Systems such as OpenBSD and the other BSDs did not spring fully formed from the forehead of a deity (although some will argue that the process was not, in fact, that different). Rather, they're the result of years of effort by a number of smart and dedicated individuals known as developers.

The developers are all highly qualified and extremely dedicated people who work tirelessly—the majority in their spare time—to produce amazing results. However, they do not live in a bubble with access to everything they need. Either the hardware itself or adequate documentation to support it is often unavailable to them. Another common problem is documentation that is provided only under a nondisclosure agreement, which ...

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