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! > > -- > Steve Passe | powered by > smp@csn.net | Symmetric MultiProcessor FreeBSD > >
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