From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 4 00:59:54 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE33D1065675; Mon, 4 Jun 2012 00:59:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kaduk@mit.edu) Received: from dmz-mailsec-scanner-4.mit.edu (DMZ-MAILSEC-SCANNER-4.MIT.EDU [18.9.25.15]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33CCC8FC0C; Mon, 4 Jun 2012 00:59:54 +0000 (UTC) X-AuditID: 1209190f-b7f306d0000008b4-bb-4fcc088232ed Received: from mailhub-auth-4.mit.edu ( [18.7.62.39]) by dmz-mailsec-scanner-4.mit.edu (Symantec Messaging Gateway) with SMTP id 70.DE.02228.2880CCF4; Sun, 3 Jun 2012 20:59:46 -0400 (EDT) Received: from outgoing.mit.edu (OUTGOING-AUTH.MIT.EDU [18.7.22.103]) by mailhub-auth-4.mit.edu (8.13.8/8.9.2) with ESMTP id q540xkw1024197; Sun, 3 Jun 2012 20:59:46 -0400 Received: from multics.mit.edu (MULTICS.MIT.EDU [18.187.1.73]) (authenticated bits=56) (User authenticated as kaduk@ATHENA.MIT.EDU) by outgoing.mit.edu (8.13.6/8.12.4) with ESMTP id q540xiQ4008659 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Sun, 3 Jun 2012 20:59:46 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from kaduk@localhost) by multics.mit.edu (8.12.9.20060308) id q540xhAW009267; Sun, 3 Jun 2012 20:59:43 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2012 20:59:43 -0400 (EDT) From: Benjamin Kaduk To: =?ISO-8859-15?Q?Ulrich_Sp=F6rlein?= In-Reply-To: <20120601175450.GO10094@acme.spoerlein.net> Message-ID: References: <20120601175450.GO10094@acme.spoerlein.net> User-Agent: Alpine 1.10 (GSO 962 2008-03-14) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="-559023410-1961376562-1338754874=:18441" Content-ID: X-Brightmail-Tracker: H4sIAAAAAAAAA+NgFlrLKsWRmVeSWpSXmKPExsUixG6nrtvEccbfYMtyK4tTZ7pYLe69YXRg 8pjxaT5LAGMUl01Kak5mWWqRvl0CV8aqozNYC64qVPz7/pe9gfGZZBcjJ4eEgInE5JPtLBC2 mMSFe+vZuhi5OIQE9jFK9B6bygySEBJYzyjx8zhUYj+TxP6Zd1ghEvUSTR/mgRWxCGhJLJl2 iw3EZhNQkZj5ZiOYLSJgKXFh5092EJtZQFqiYf1mpi5GDg5hAReJpU32IGFOAQuJfc0Xwcp5 BRwlZpxvY4QYby4x7fkUJhBbVEBHYvX+KSwQNYISJ2c+YYEYGSix6tdhVgjbUeLQ9oOMExiF ZiEpm4WkbBaSMgjbRuLuprdQtrbE/ZttbDA10/eeY1/AyLaKUTYlt0o3NzEzpzg1Wbc4OTEv L7VI10QvN7NELzWldBMjKCY4Jfl3MH47qHSIUYCDUYmHt+jNaX8h1sSy4srcQ4ySHExKorzH 2M/4C/El5adUZiQWZ8QXleakFh9ilOBgVhLhZbgEVM6bklhZlVqUD5OS5mBREuddrbnbX0gg PbEkNTs1tSC1CCYrw8GhJME7AWSoYFFqempFWmZOCUKaiYMTZDgP0PBDIDW8xQWJucWZ6RD5 U4y6HPMOnbvOKMSSl5+XKiXOuwKkSACkKKM0D24OLJW9YhQHekuY9xRIFQ8wDcJNegW0hAlo icHhkyBLShIRUlINjOH7mris/GZ2pKau+ZaotP6CbcrcrovX1IOKtH/Zrtg7P9wlUMe6tGXa 1OOHr4h7GZ/fNe1Rz+dLH6VYfwYdeptcs9moV8Q+3uP9c+EF6hOP9KsyxXIv9LhmZ7TiTvO/ zfxV2SVzHl4xqLy774Gjd0FFD3P6Bbbbl1fvO2Pz2Mt9zTUp0V0fNiqxFGckGmoxFxUnAgA1 d74IQAMAAA== Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Please review WINE chapter addition and linuxemu rename X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2012 00:59:54 -0000 This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. ---559023410-1961376562-1338754874=:18441 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=ISO-8859-15; FORMAT=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Content-ID: On Fri, 1 Jun 2012, Ulrich Sp=F6rlein wrote: > Dear all, > > in the process of adding the WINE section from the wiki to the handbook > (GCIN 2011 project, yeah I know, I was rather busy ...), I also took the > liberty of renaming it from linuxemu to compat. Also in the hope that > someday we might have a blurp on SVR4 compatibility, although I guess no > one is really interested in that. > > Anyway, please review the proposed changes at > https://github.com/uqs/freebsd-doc/commits/wine > or clone that branch and have a closer look. 2b3e8a6403909cdc752833e9c8b4f9196be9efe1 ("Move the linux section one=20 level down, add (empty) wine section.") seems to also include some=20 whitespace changes. In c89922e4d1e23acfe93eff9ae23cebbb9a93203a ("Add WINE section from=20 wiki.freebsd.org"): 1353 + such things. Hence, the contraction of "Wine Is Not an = Emulator." I do not think that 'contraction' is the best word here; I think that=20 'acronym' might be better (as "acronym from"). =091355 + Wine requires LDT support, but it is not available on= RELENG_7 and =091356 + earlier versions. However, it works fine on versions 8.2 an= d 9.0 or newer. You probably want to specify that this is versions of FreeBSD (i.e. &os;),= =20 and maybe only use the word 'versions' once and &os; for later=20 appearances. =091359 + comes quite cleanly from a "make install clean" command whi= le in the wine =091360 + directory of ports; for how well individual applications wo= rk, check the In addition to Glen's fix, I would just say "while in ports/emulators/wine". =091362 + website. Wine does not work out of the box on amd64 system.= However, with a Should be "systems" plural. =091364 + amd64 system (Diablo 2 works just fine). The following list= is not =091365 + minimal, as I tried several different paths before I got on= e working. We really don't like to use the first person in our documentation ("I");=20 it would also be nice to attempt to turn the list into a minimal one=20 before finalizing the document. Skipping the programlisting (please do heed Warren's comments), =091402 + For sound in Diablo 2 to work, run winecfg and set ac= celeration winecfg should be in markup. =091403 + to "Emulation" (see Known Problems section above) then run = "wine32 would probably be good here, too (I think this is what Glen meant= =20 instead of "?). =091404 + Game.exe." The problem seems to lie in the differences betw= een OSS and The command to run should be marked up using and maybe in a=20 block, too. =091405 + ALSA Full stop at end of sentence. =091406 + =091407 + 3D acceleration is working with the 64bit nvidia driv= er provided The document should be internally consistent about "32 bit" vs "64bit" vs= =20 "64-bit" (I prefer the latter form, myself), but the first two appear in=20 this change. I thought there was an &nvidia; entity that should be used here but I=20 can't find one; it is usually capitalized either nVidia or NVIDIA or=20 NVidia elsewhere in the tree. This is x11/nvidia-driver, right? That should probably be mentioned=20 explicitly. =091408 + that you install the 32bit version (same version number) in= to the This is the 32-bit version of nvidia-driver (as opposed to, say, wine),=20 right? -Ben Kaduk =091409 + chroot (tested with World of Warcraft, 8.0-RELEASE). > > Rendering of that branch can be found here: > https://www.spoerlein.net/handbook/compat.html ---559023410-1961376562-1338754874=:18441--