Linus Torvalds wrote:
> Considering that about 100% of the sound drivers do not follow that
> particular API damage anyway (they can't, as has been pointed out: the
> driver doesn't even receive enough information to be _able_ to follow the
> documented API), I doubt that there are all that many p
Linus Torvalds wrote:
>
> On Sat, 4 Nov 2000, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> > > So fix the stupid API.
> > >
> > > The above is just idiocy.
> >
> > We're pretty much stuck with the API, until we look at merging ALSA in
> > 2.5.x. Broken API or not, OSS is a mature API, and there are
> > spec-correct app
On Sat, 4 Nov 2000, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> > So fix the stupid API.
> >
> > The above is just idiocy.
>
> We're pretty much stuck with the API, until we look at merging ALSA in
> 2.5.x. Broken API or not, OSS is a mature API, and there are
> spec-correct apps that depend on this behavior.
Cons
Linus Torvalds wrote:
>
> On Thu, 2 Nov 2000, Thomas Sailer wrote:
> >
> > The OSS API (http://www.opensound.com/pguide/oss.pdf, page 102ff)
> > specifies that a select _with the sounddriver's filedescriptor
> > set in the read mask_ should start the recording.
>
> So fix the stupid API.
>
> Th
> On Thu, 2 Nov 2000, Thomas Sailer wrote:
> >
> > The OSS API (http://www.opensound.com/pguide/oss.pdf, page 102ff)
> > specifies that a select _with the sounddriver's filedescriptor
> > set in the read mask_ should start the recording.
>
> So fix the stupid API.
> The above is just idiocy.
Its
On Thu, 2 Nov 2000, Thomas Sailer wrote:
>
> The OSS API (http://www.opensound.com/pguide/oss.pdf, page 102ff)
> specifies that a select _with the sounddriver's filedescriptor
> set in the read mask_ should start the recording.
So fix the stupid API.
The above is just idiocy.
Thomas Sailer wrote:
>
> The OSS API (http://www.opensound.com/pguide/oss.pdf, page 102ff)
> specifies that a select _with the sounddriver's filedescriptor
> set in the read mask_ should start the recording.
>
> Implementing this is currently not possible, as the driver does
> not get to know wh
On Thu, 2 Nov 2000, Thomas Sailer wrote:
> "Richard B. Johnson" wrote:
>
> > The specification is bogus and should be fixed. select() is not
>
> Don't tell me, I didn't write that spec.
>
> > side-affects is patently wrong. ioctl() was designed to control
> > things.
>
> It already exists, io
"Richard B. Johnson" wrote:
> The specification is bogus and should be fixed. select() is not
> a function that was designed to start/stop anything. Writing
> a specification to qualify some particular implementation's
> side-affects is patently wrong. ioctl() was designed to control
> things.
>
"Richard B. Johnson" wrote:
> The specification is bogus and should be fixed. select() is not
Don't tell me, I didn't write that spec.
> side-affects is patently wrong. ioctl() was designed to control
> things.
It already exists, ioctl(fd, SNDCTL_DSP_SETTRIGGER, PCM_ENABLE_INPUT).
If we offici
On Thu, 2 Nov 2000, Thomas Sailer wrote:
> The OSS API (http://www.opensound.com/pguide/oss.pdf, page 102ff)
> specifies that a select _with the sounddriver's filedescriptor
> set in the read mask_ should start the recording.
>
> Implementing this is currently not possible, as the driver does
>
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