[gmpi] Re: Reqs 3.8 roundup
- From: Tim Hockin <thockin@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 16:50:57 -0800
I've committed the below to CVS. Will sync the gmpi-plugins.org website
soon.
On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 05:40:00AM -0800, Tim Hockin wrote:
> ok, How does this look? The main section says:
>
> GMPI must support the nuances of the various platforms it supports.
> The varying areas of the specification should be grouped into
> profiles for each platform. Each GMPI plugin is built for a single
> profile. As the GMPI specification becomes more complete, the exact
> details of what this support entails will become clearer.
>
> And the 'More on this requirement' link leads to:
>
> Because it is impossible to design a single system that is be
> appropriate for all GMPI target platforms and still provide
> sufficiently high performance, it is expected that multiple 'GMPI
> profiles' (variants of GMPI) will need to be created. All GMPI
> implementations must have as much in common with one another as
> possible, and the profiles should describe the set of things that vary
> from platform to platform. Every GMPI plugn must target a specific
> 'GMPI profile'. The full list of things that can vary per profile is
> TBD, but should include the audio sample datatype (e.g. some target
> platforms will use fixed-point or integer IO, when floating point
> processing is impossible or impractical).
>
> Which is Chris' text almost verbatim.
>
> Is everyone OK with that? More comments?
>
>
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