Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 10:28:35 +0100 (MET) From: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> To: karpen@ocean.campus.luth.se (Mikael Karpberg) Cc: multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: C4232 Sound Drivers Message-ID: <199810200928.KAA08118@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> In-Reply-To: <199810201112.NAA10936@ocean.campus.luth.se> from "Mikael Karpberg" at Oct 20, 98 01:11:46 pm
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> > > This is a CS4232, but LDN 0 is disabled
> > > pcm0 not found
> >
> > which , if you read it,is exlicit enough... you have to enable the
> > device using the manual pnp config booting with -c
> >
> > "man pnp", "man pcm", read /sys/i386/isa/snd/{CARDS,README}
>
> Er... Luigi? That is FAR from "explicit enough" :-)
> It's damn cryptic actually. I think it might be a good idea to change that
> message to:
> This is a CS4232, but LDN 0 is disabled (To enable: "man pnp" and "man pcm")
>
> Or something of that sort. It might save quite a few questions from people.
> Just an idea...
i have never seen references to manpages in device driver's diagnostic
at least in FreeBSD. Most drivers just tell you "not found" and that's
it. And referring the device's manpage seems a bit obvious... if the
line before says "Probing PnP devices" and the one next reports a
problem with "pcm0", what manpage would you look at ?
man found ? man not ? man probing ?
But if people like this approach, i have no objections. I just don't see
a way to put
cheers
luigi
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