Standard sbc and pcm support in GENERIC kernel?
Dan Langille
dan at langille.org
Fri Mar 5 18:58:57 PST 2004
On Fri, 5 Mar 2004, Avleen Vig wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 04, 2004 at 06:26:47PM -0500, Dan Langille wrote:
> > > If they'd read pcm(4) they'd know how to get sound support up and
> > > running without recompiling their kernel. Is there something wrong with
> > > requiring that a new user bother to read the documentation?
> >
> > They would first have to know to read man pcm(4).
>
> All the have to do is look at the handbook. And if they can't find the
> link on the *front page* of freebsd.org, under the clearly labelled
> catagory of "Support", then there is very little we can or should do to
> help them. After a point, enough is enough. If the user isn't prepared
> to educate themselves, your attempts will ultimately fail.
*That* explanation is vast difference to saying they have to read man
pcm(4). The difference is sigficicant.
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