Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 09:01:30 +0300 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> To: "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Mathew Kanner <mat@cnd.mcgill.ca> Subject: Re: [PATCH] sound(4) related manpages 5.3 TODO item Message-ID: <20040908060130.GA36831@ip.net.ua> In-Reply-To: <20040907203056.GC20594@zaphod.nitro.dk> References: <20040828142503.GA52613@ip.net.ua> <20040829190833.GA9796@cnd.mcgill.ca> <20040829205942.GC39813@ip.net.ua> <opsdjxaeq397cmaj@tacitblue3.rings> <20040831133654.GF31981@ip.net.ua> <opsdnw5vq797cmaj@tacitblue3.rings> <20040901202432.GB416@ip.net.ua> <20040907203056.GC20594@zaphod.nitro.dk>
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--x+6KMIRAuhnl3hBn Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Sep 07, 2004 at 10:30:56PM +0200, Simon L. Nielsen wrote: > On 2004.09.01 23:24:32 +0300, Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 01, 2004 at 08:16:33PM +0100, cg wrote: > > [...] > > > >So, to summarize, I'd have liked to see the following happen: > > > > > > > >- "snd" is the generic sound device (module snd.ko) > > > >- "snd_foo" is the sound driver for foo (module snd_foo.ko) > > > >- "pcm" devclass renamed to "snd" > > > >- "pcm", "mixer", and "midi" devices are created as children of "snd" > > >=20 > > > no. pcm and midi will effectively be part of snd. making them separ= ate =20 > > > newbus drivers would be tricky and require every driver to be modifie= d. > > >=20 > > OK, sounds very good. But what about PCM-related sysctls then? > > How will hw.snd.pcm0.vchans be represented, for example? > > hw.snd.0.vchans maybe? > >=20 > > > >- repo-copy (and tweak as necessary) all bridge drivers manpages, > > > > as shown in my patch; > > > > > > > >- do *not* repo-copy pcm(4) to sound(4) yet, just link it, possibly > > > > mentioning in the manpage that the generic driver will soon be > > > > renamed from "sound" to "snd", > > > > > > > >- fix hints in NOTES (as in my patch) to match reality. > > >=20 > > > this sounds ok to me. > > >=20 > > OK, I will it then. >=20 > So what is the status of the updates to the sound related manual > pages? >=20 Peter just did the repo-copies, thanks! So it should be done soon in HEAD, then merged in RELENG_5. Cameron promised to come up with some text for the sound(4) manpage documenting the planned changes (to rename "sound" to "snd", etc.). Cheers, --=20 Ruslan Ermilov ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer --x+6KMIRAuhnl3hBn Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBPqA5qRfpzJluFF4RAhACAJ4zJ755OdqXgj/zX9ceWrN1qfJcYgCgiI7Q u6/SshT7MgLr9ngMGw9fGOo= =bSpD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --x+6KMIRAuhnl3hBn--
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