On Dienstag, 17. August 2021 19:57:21 CEST Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote: > On 8/17/21 6:12 PM, Christian Schoenebeck wrote: > > On Dienstag, 17. August 2021 14:41:27 CEST Gerd Hoffmann wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >>>> +Overall Audio frontends > >>> > >>> I would call that "Audio Hardware Emulation" instead of "Overall Audio > >>> frontends". > >>> > >>>> +Overall Audio backends > >>> > >>> Likewise I would call this section "Shared/common QEMU audio library/ > >>> subsystem" or something like that instead of "Overall Audio backends". > >> > >> Well, frontend/backend is common qemu terminology, with "frontend" being > >> the emulated/virtual device as seen by the guest and "backend" being the > >> host-side wireup (i.e. -audiodev / -blockdev / -chardev / -netdev / ...) > >> > >> take care, > >> > >> Gerd > > > > Yeah, I was seeing this (like usual) more from an external/new developer > > perspective where the semantic for "frontend"/"backend" is not that > > obvious > > here. > > "Audio Backends" is in the "Subsystems" meta-section, and > "Audio Frontends" in the "Devices" one. > > Maybe we using the === separator for meta-sections (like rST) > instead of --- would help seeing the difference.
No need for now. On the long-term the MAINTAINERS structure might be improved in some way to make specific tree structures more clear, but for now it's Ok. Thanks! Best regards, Christian Schoenebeck
