As ALSA is now in the linux kernel, should the HOWTO be part of the linux documents HOWTO pages ?
Cheers James > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Patrick > Shirkey > Sent: 15 February 2002 07:35 > To: Paul Davis > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Alsa-devel] Status of ALSA documentation? > > > --- Paul Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>I recently showed a Mac user interested in using Linux > >>for live stage work (no gui needed) the ALSA site so they > >>could get some idea of progress... they just laughed and > >>said there was _nothing_ there to help them evaluate whether > >>ALSA (therefor Linux) was going to be useful to them... well, > >>not within a 5 minute perusal anyway. > > > >i think this is an excellent, critical point. > > > >with ALSA's adoption into the kernel, we have both (1) a chance that > >more people will write HOWTOs and code but also (2) more people saying > >"what is it?" and "how do i ....?" the current web site fails > >completely at both tasks. > > > >as much as i think we are still aiming for uniform operation for all > >cards (i.e. they just work), i think a good place to start with > >interface HOWTOs would be to take Dan's soundcard matrix, and add > >links from each card name to a HOWTO. The default set of HOWTOs can be > >empty, and we can add to them as time goes on. By empty, what I really > >mean is a boilerplate document that says "if you have this type of > >soundcard, just do X, Y, and Z and it will work". > > > >there should also be a way to collect card-specific bug reports and > >accessing them all from the HOWTO page. > > > > Very good idea. The alsa-howto can easliy be linked to in this > regard. Just needs a slight formatting change and a lot of > tedious typing but give me a couple of months and it should be > out of the way. > > >of course a wiki would be an even better way of collecting card/setup > >specific quirks, but that seems a bit much to ask for right now. > > > >of course, it becomes critical that the matrix be kept up to date, > >which could also use a wiki-style input system. > > > > I suggest updating it once every month. Once the bulk is done it > should only take about a small amount of work to add new cards. > Mostly just copy and paste. > > > >--p > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Alsa-devel mailing list > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-devel > > _____________________________________________________________ > Want a new web-based email account ? ---> http://www.firstlinux.net > > _______________________________________________ > Alsa-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-devel _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-devel
