8 Nov
2002
8 Nov
'02
11:51 p.m.
Paul Winkler <pw_lists(a)slinkp.com> writes:
My suggestion was just off-the-cuff, and probably too structured to be
workable. Your approach seems much more doable, and would probably
help a lot of folks. Plus, your web site is someplace people will
logically look for this kind of information.
IMHO, the ALSA Wiki has become a valuable resource. I don't know if
that's because of "wiki-ness" or because some smart people put
significant effort into it. But, I suspect the latter. :-)
Patrick's suggestion about linking this information into the ALSA
soundcard matrix is a good idea. Of course, not everything will be
about sound cards. Other issues include: disk tuning, file systems,
window managers, video cards, motherboards, multiprocessor issues, PCI
interrupt priorities, kernel versions and patches, etc., etc. I think
it's going to be tricky to organize all this information so people can
find what they need. A powerful search facility may be required.
I know almost nothing about administering wikis. What problems did
you encounter?
I imagine that, like most things, it takes a lot of effort and
attention to keep it going in a useful direction. If you want to do
this, I'll gladly help. Maybe a small team could keep each
individual's burden down to a tolerable level.
Where would be a good place to begin? A laborious search of various
mailing list archives might be helpful, though that seems like a big
job. I suppose the wiki approach is to create an overall structure
and ask people to contribute their own experiences in their own words.
Regards,
--
Jack O'Quin
Austin, Texas, USA
On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 07:13:45PM -0600, Jack
O'Quin wrote:
That sounds like an excellent idea.
Darn! I wish we had some way to collect all this
information about
noise, low latency and other system configuration issues somewhere.
Finding what works and what doesn't from searching mailing list
archives is difficult and frustrating.
I could set up a wiki with almost no effort.
Would that do the trick? I'm
imagining some sort of web database of system hardware and
software configurations with some indication of associated latency,
reliability, and noise levels. It would be interesting to look for
patterns in the data.
a wiki wouldn't be as smooth as what you're describing
but it would at least provide a way that users could add comments
on various hardware. could have a page for each soundcard,
a page for each video card, etc. Adding pages is easy.
If a wiki would not do, let's figure out the requirements
and i could maybe throw something else together.