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Date:      Fri, 23 May 1997 20:56:46 -0700
From:      Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com>
To:        Steve Passe <smp@csn.net>
Cc:        Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>, committers@FreeBSD.ORG, multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: bt848 into 2.2.RELENG anyone ? 
Message-ID:  <199705240356.UAA20324@rah.star-gate.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 22 May 1997 16:42:14 MDT." <199705222242.QAA13849@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com> 

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Well, it is up to you guys. I would release the driver and just
include a very brief man page see : 
http://freebsd.org/~fsmp/HomeAuto/Bt848.html

	Amancio

>From The Desk Of Steve Passe :
> Hi,
> 
> > > there are at least two things necessary before it can be added:
> > > 
> > >  an entry in /dev/MAKEDEV for creating devices.
> > >  a real man page that deals with its configurations and supported hardwar
e.
> > 
> > while a manpage is certainly advisable I note that not all devices have
> > it (noticeably the sound drivers, to remain in the multimedia area).
> 
> lack of a man page means just that much more work spent answering questions
> from users who don't have a clue.  Remember, once it gets to CD the number
> of potential users goes up from dozens to hundreds!
> 
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