Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 11:48:33 +0200 From: Marc Fonvieille <blackend@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Ross Lippert <ripper@eskimo.com> Cc: trhodes@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: docs/40609: Add information about vchans to sound chapter in handbook Message-ID: <20020716114833.A26739@abigail.blackend.org> In-Reply-To: <200207152315.QAA06965@eskimo.com>; from ripper@eskimo.com on Mon, Jul 15, 2002 at 04:15:41PM -0700 References: <20020715173223.42bb9033.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> <200207152315.QAA06965@eskimo.com>
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On Mon, Jul 15, 2002 at 04:15:41PM -0700, Ross Lippert wrote: > > I think that would be kind of cool. Actually, I've done some work with > scanners and cameras too. Not as extensive as the hell I went through > for video playback, but still some hiccups and hurdles that I've seen > people repeat. > > Forking the handbook into "Part II: Super-Hardware" or something like > that seems like a pretty good idea. There was a point in time when > FreeBSD support for exotic devices was non-existent, but a lot of > things have changed, particularly because of the adoption of USB (that > and PCMCIA might deserve their own chapters). With PCMCIA and USB, > there is the potential for a lot of devices to start appearing on the > market which will quickly have drivers written for them. "Part II" is > likely to grow quickly. > What is a "Super-Hardware"? USB is an interface as another one, it doesn't really deserve a chapter, it's not the case of PC Card and other Cardbus which should be in a laptop part. That part already exists as a small laptop article. With the fact that big part could grow quickly, you see why i think that doing a big Chapter 14 is a bad idea for future evolution. > For now though, I'm more inclined to just add the part about vchans to > my current chapter 14, which seems doable, get that chapter 14 > committed, because I think it is important to save people headaches > [and TV/DVD apps are very popular these days], and then start thinking > about a second book, and maybe getting some volunteers, since I only > know the devices I have -- and I'm not a big hacker, really. > Once again, a big *thing* can be done, with many problems in future to split it. Things about video must be added in the Handbook, ok let's just add a video/ directory and a dedicaced chapter. With that solution the idea of a Multimedia or other type of part will be easy to set up. Marc To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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