Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2002 17:47:34 -0400 (EDT) From: Munish Chopra <mchopra@engmail.uwaterloo.ca> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/41021: Minor fixes and updates to multimedia chapter (vchans) Message-ID: <20020726214734.B9F22C00@opiate.dnsalias.net>
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>Number: 41021
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: Minor fixes and updates to multimedia chapter (vchans)
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
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>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Fri Jul 26 14:50:01 PDT 2002
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>Originator: Munish Chopra
>Release: FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD opiate.dnsalias.net 5.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT #7: Sun Jul 21 23:12:09 EDT 2002 munish@CPE0030ab0ef2bb.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/ARCADIA i386
>Description:
Corrected some horrible grammatical abuse of the English language on my part. Minor updates to make this easier to understand for newcomers.
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
--- chapter.sgml Fri Jul 26 17:35:41 2002
+++ multimedia.sgml Fri Jul 26 17:43:32 2002
@@ -473,9 +473,10 @@
<screen>&prompt.root; sysctl hw.snd.pcm0.vchans=4
&prompt.root; sysctl hw.snd.maxautovchans=4</screen>
- <para><literal>hw.snd.pcm0.vchans</literal> is the number of
- vchans <devicename>pcm0</devicename> has, and is configurable
- once a device has been attached.
+ <para>The above example allocates four vchans, which is a practical
+ number for everyday use. <literal>hw.snd.pcm0.vchans</literal> is
+ the number of vchans <devicename>pcm0</devicename> has, and is
+ configurable once a device has been attached.
<literal>hw.snd.maxautovchans</literal> is the number of vchans
a new audio device is given when it is attached using
&man.kldload.8;. Since the <devicename>pcm</devicename> module
@@ -486,9 +487,10 @@
<para>If you are not using &man.devfs.5;, you will have to point
your applications at <devicename>/dev/dsp0</devicename>.x, where
- 'x' is 0 to 3 if <literal>hw.snd.pcm.0.vchans</literal> is set
- to 4. On a system using &man.devfs.5, the above will automatically be
- allocated to the user transparently.</para>
+ 'x' is a number between 0 and 3 if <literal>hw.snd.pcm.0.vchans
+ </literal> is set to 4 as in the above example. On a system using
+ &man.devfs.5, the above will automatically be allocated transparently
+ to the user.</para>
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