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On 2004.09.01 23:24:32 +0300, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 01, 2004 at 08:16:33PM +0100, cg wrote:
> [...]
> > >So, to summarize, I'd have liked to see the following happen:
> > >
> > >- "snd" is the generic sound device (module snd.ko)
> > >- "snd_foo" is the sound driver for foo (module snd_foo.ko)
> > >- "pcm" devclass renamed to "snd"
> > >- "pcm", "mixer", and "midi" devices are created as children of "snd"
> >=20
> > no.  pcm and midi will effectively be part of snd.  making them separat=
e =20
> > newbus drivers would be tricky and require every driver to be modified.
> >=20
> OK, sounds very good.  But what about PCM-related sysctls then?
> How will hw.snd.pcm0.vchans be represented, for example?
> hw.snd.0.vchans maybe?
>=20
> > >- repo-copy (and tweak as necessary) all bridge drivers manpages,
> > >  as shown in my patch;
> > >
> > >- do *not* repo-copy pcm(4) to sound(4) yet, just link it, possibly
> > >  mentioning in the manpage that the generic driver will soon be
> > >  renamed from "sound" to "snd",
> > >
> > >- fix hints in NOTES (as in my patch) to match reality.
> >=20
> > this sounds ok to me.
> >=20
> OK, I will it then.

So what is the status of the updates to the sound related manual
pages?

--=20
Simon L. Nielsen
FreeBSD Documentation Team

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