From owner-freebsd-doc Fri Jul 26 14:50:10 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6DD637B400 for ; Fri, 26 Jul 2002 14:50:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B70D043E42 for ; Fri, 26 Jul 2002 14:50:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.4/8.12.4) with ESMTP id g6QLo1JU082133 for ; Fri, 26 Jul 2002 14:50:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.4/8.12.4/Submit) id g6QLo1i6082132; Fri, 26 Jul 2002 14:50:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3406137B400 for ; Fri, 26 Jul 2002 14:46:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from opiate.dnsalias.net (CPE0030ab0ef2bb.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com [24.103.202.201]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 798E743E5E for ; Fri, 26 Jul 2002 14:46:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from munish@opiate.dnsalias.net) Received: by opiate.dnsalias.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id B9F22C00; Fri, 26 Jul 2002 17:47:34 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <20020726214734.B9F22C00@opiate.dnsalias.net> Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2002 17:47:34 -0400 (EDT) From: Munish Chopra Reply-To: Munish Chopra To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.113 Subject: docs/41021: Minor fixes and updates to multimedia chapter (vchans) Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >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 >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri Jul 26 14:50:01 PDT 2002 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >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 @@ &prompt.root; sysctl hw.snd.pcm0.vchans=4 &prompt.root; sysctl hw.snd.maxautovchans=4 - hw.snd.pcm0.vchans is the number of - vchans pcm0 has, and is configurable - once a device has been attached. + The above example allocates four vchans, which is a practical + number for everyday use. hw.snd.pcm0.vchans is + the number of vchans pcm0 has, and is + configurable once a device has been attached. hw.snd.maxautovchans is the number of vchans a new audio device is given when it is attached using &man.kldload.8;. Since the pcm module @@ -486,9 +487,10 @@ If you are not using &man.devfs.5;, you will have to point your applications at /dev/dsp0.x, where - 'x' is 0 to 3 if hw.snd.pcm.0.vchans is set - to 4. On a system using &man.devfs.5, the above will automatically be - allocated to the user transparently. + 'x' is a number between 0 and 3 if hw.snd.pcm.0.vchans + 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. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message