From owner-freebsd-doc Tue Jul 16 2:50:17 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B32137B400; Tue, 16 Jul 2002 02:50:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from abigail.blackend.org (blackend.org [212.11.50.35]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACEDC43E6E; Tue, 16 Jul 2002 02:50:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marc@blackend.org) Received: from abigail.blackend.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by abigail.blackend.org (8.12.3/8.12.3/ - 15/04/02) with ESMTP id g6G9mYHj027005; Tue, 16 Jul 2002 11:48:34 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from marc@abigail.blackend.org) Received: (from marc@localhost) by abigail.blackend.org (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) id g6G9mXjC027004; Tue, 16 Jul 2002 11:48:33 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from marc) Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 11:48:33 +0200 From: Marc Fonvieille To: Ross Lippert 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> References: <20020715173223.42bb9033.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> <200207152315.QAA06965@eskimo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <200207152315.QAA06965@eskimo.com>; from ripper@eskimo.com on Mon, Jul 15, 2002 at 04:15:41PM -0700 X-Useless-Header: blackend.org X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.6-PRERELEASE Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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