Bart Smaalders writes: > Garrett D'Amore wrote: > > Basically, this is a problem of applications "assuming" that /dev/audio > > is always sufficient. For a situation like Sun Ray, this simply isn't > > the case. > > Pushing device virtuallization onto the applications seems broken; the > SunRay team should pursue device virtualization in Solaris more > aggressively.
Architecturally I agree completely, but since it's like this now and the fix is quite trivial, it's hard to argue too strongly against applying a two-or-three-line fix to be compatible with at least "old broken Sun Ray." I think a bigger problem here is that (as far as I know) Sun Ray doesn't actively participate in the architectural review process, so there's no obvious way for us to bring about any changes, or even to have much of a way of knowing when conflicts might occur except by "accident." (That's about the only solid argument I could muster against the fix previously suggested, and it ignores the fact that we ought not be punishing users for our internal issues.) -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking <james.d.carlson at sun.com> Sun Microsystems / 35 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677
