On 3/9/07, Jan Engelhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I think the sound example to the right really shows it. /dev/dsp has a consistent ABI on a ton of systems. The API below it, varies. Linux got file_operations and ALSA. Solaris/BSD may have its vnode-and-so-on-functions and some sort of OSS.
I think this is a poor example as applications lose a lot of functionality (multiple stream mixing, software volume control, etc) by going through the legacy /dev/dsp interface vs. using native ALSA. Lee - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
