Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 18:15:52 -0400 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Call for testing: emu10kx driver for Creative sound cards Message-ID: <44738998.6070400@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <20060523.155606.71179350.imp@bsdimp.com> References: <44735620.9080403@samsco.org> <20060523.132355.21838169.imp@bsdimp.com> <20060523.134540.28877846.imp@bsdimp.com> <20060523.155606.71179350.imp@bsdimp.com>
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Warner Losh wrote:
> This is what I'm thinking of adding to the sysctl.8 man page. Please
> let me know if there's a better place for it. This is indented to be
> the initial proposal for sysctl use by drivers, so if the results of
> discussions change it, I'll update.
>
This seems to be a good starting point, in that the convention seems
reasonable and unsurprising. It might be nice to have some discussion
of API stability and the process for depreciating stable interfaces
somewhere, but that probably belongs in the Handbook or perhaps in intro(9).
Please check spelling:
> + permanant unless they are documented in the driver's man page.
> + Names which start with _ denote a tree or node which is considered
> + impermanant and should not be relied up by code elsewhere in the
>
s/permanant/permanent/:g
--
-Chuck
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