Re: Updating NVidia documentation
On Fri, 17 Oct 2003, Alexander Shopov wrote: Hi guys, I am tryng to update the docs about nvidia chips in XFree86. I've checked out the sgml docs (module sgml) and the nv driver files (directory xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/drivers/nv) (HEAD branch) There is a man page in that directory. Is this the original or is there a sgml original somewhere else? xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/drivers/nv/nv.man is the NVIDIA driver documentation. That's what I edit. Also - I am wondering what is the connection between the xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/drivers/nv/nv.man file and the sgml/NVIDIA.sgml file. That file is 4 years old (XFree86 3.x days) and is not applicable. Alot of the files in that directory aren't applicable. I'm not sure why we keep this old documentation around. The MGA.sgml is 5 years old. Mark. ___ Devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/devel
Re: Updating NVidia documentation
On Fri, 17 Oct 2003, Alexander Shopov wrote: Mark Vojkovich wrote: On Fri, 17 Oct 2003, Alexander Shopov wrote: xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/drivers/nv/nv.man is the NVIDIA driver documentation. That's what I edit. man page directly? Yes. It seems to me that this is standard ;-( Why is the other documentation in sgml and later translated to HTML, PS, man etc? Beats me. The nv.man gets translated into html and the installable man page. That file is 4 years old (XFree86 3.x days) and is not applicable. Alot of the files in that directory aren't applicable. I'm not sure why we keep this old documentation around. The MGA.sgml is 5 years old. OK. For now I have found the following docs on nVidia: xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/doc/README.NV1 Very out of date - NVidia NV1 / SGS-Thomson STG2000 Users, David McKay, 20th March 1997 xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/doc/README.NVIDIA Very out of date - Information for NVidia NV1 / SGS-Thomson STG2000, Riva 128 and Riva TNT and TNT2 Users, David McKay, Dirk Hohndel, June 25 1999 It seems it is built on top of README.NV1 xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/doc/sgml/NVIDIA.sgml This is the file that README.NVIDIA should be generated from. But the command corresponding to its generation in xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/doc/Imakefile is commented out. And of course: xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/drivers/nv/nv.man Mostly up to date. Only two options not documented. Any suggestions what I should do? Disregard everything but nv.man. The other docs are all circa XFree86 3.x. I think all the old docs should get deleted. Having wrong documentation lying around is confusing. Mark. ___ Devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/devel
Re: Updating NVidia documentation
On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 11:35:12PM +0300, Alexander Shopov wrote: Mark Vojkovich wrote: On Fri, 17 Oct 2003, Alexander Shopov wrote: xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/drivers/nv/nv.man is the NVIDIA driver documentation. That's what I edit. man page directly? It seems to me that this is standard ;-( Why is the other documentation in sgml and later translated to HTML, PS, man etc? Historically we had readme files (that's what is in SGML) for various drivers and other stuff. With the move to modular drivers in 4.0 we added man pages. It doesn't make sense to have the same information in both places. My personal preference is for man pages for drivers, and SGML/XML/whatever for other types of documents. Both types of docs get converted to HTML for our online documentation. They both end up in PS format (and PDF for 4.4), although in the case of the man pages it is one large document with all man pages. xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/doc/sgml/NVIDIA.sgml This is the file that README.NVIDIA should be generated from. But the command corresponding to its generation in xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/doc/Imakefile is commented out. Right. Out of date docs are not formatted or installed. David -- David Dawes X-Oz Technologies www.XFree86.org/~dawes www.x-oz.com ___ Devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/devel
