> I am in a situation where I intend to call snd_pcm_oss_write >directly.
AFAIK, this is not a supported use of the alsa-lib API. There is no guarantee that your application will continue to work in future versions of alsa-lib. >What exactly happens is - the open and all the initial ioctl calls are >done by the oss application. But the write call of the oss application >is not done but it is done by some other task. there is still no reason to be using snd_pcm_<type>_<function> directly. if you insist on using the OSS API (a big error, IMHO) then you can just use the OSS API in the other task. --p ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-devel