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Date:      Wed, 4 Feb 2004 17:05:38 +0100
From:      Ruben de Groot <mail25@bzerk.org>
To:        Dave <xtalsinger@blueyonder.co.uk>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: How to?  Submit a new or ammended man page
Message-ID:  <20040204160538.GA97896@ei.bzerk.org>
In-Reply-To: <mhj12053lhag8fod5teq8f1u7fs6htp657@4ax.com>
References:  <mhj12053lhag8fod5teq8f1u7fs6htp657@4ax.com>

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On Wed, Feb 04, 2004 at 10:51:19AM +0000, Dave typed:
> Re-posted due to no replies 
> 
> 
> Having spent some time trying to get the onboard sound working on an Intel
> 845G M/B I eventually worked my way to the ich sound driver.  If there had
> been a man page for it, I'd probably have discovered this more quickly.
>
> Anyway, although still very much a newbie when it come to FreeBSD I've
> created what I think may be the basics of a man page for this driver.

Look at the groff_man(7) manual page for a description of the format of
manpages. Or look in the source, e.g.

/usr/src/share/man/man4/ichsmb.4

(Which, btw, looks a lot like what you created below)

> The question is, how and who do i submit it to?  The doc project page says
> they don't do man pages.

The usual way to supply patches is through the send-pr(1) mechanism.

cheers,
Ruben

> If anyone on this list would like to comment on the content and or handle
> it, then here it is:
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> NAME
>      ich -- Intel/NVidia PCI bridge device driver
> 
> SYNOPSIS
>      device ich
> 
> DESCRIPTION
>      The ich bridge driver allows the generic audio drivers including
> pcm(4)
>      to attach to the following PCI sound devices:
> 
>      o   Intel 443MX
>      o   Intel ICH (82801AA)
>      o   Intel ICH (82801AB)
>      o   Intel ICH2 (82801BA)
>      o   Intel ICH3 (82801CA)
>      o   Intel ICH4 (82801DB) (Volume controls not working?)
>      o   Intel ICH5 (82801EB)
>      o   SiS 7012
>      o   Nvidia nForce
>      o   Nvidia nForce2
>      o   Nvidia nForce3
>      o   AMD-768
>      o   AMD-8111
> 
> 
> 
> HISTORY
>      unkown
> 
> SEE ALSO
>      pcm(4)
> 
> AUTHORS
>      Katsurajima Naoto <raven@katsurajima.seya.yokohama.jp>
>      Cameron Grant <cg@freebsd.org>
>      xtalsinger@blueyonder.co.uk (man page)
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Hope it's of some use and is vaguely correct.
> 
> Dave
> -- 
> Any speling misteaks are the reult of a bad insallation of mod_spelink.
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