Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751473AbWACRJg (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Jan 2006 12:09:36 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751477AbWACRJg (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Jan 2006 12:09:36 -0500 Received: from linux01.gwdg.de ([134.76.13.21]:34459 "EHLO linux01.gwdg.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751473AbWACRJf (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Jan 2006 12:09:35 -0500 Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 18:09:14 +0100 (MET) From: Jan Engelhardt To: Alistair John Strachan cc: Andi Kleen , Adrian Bunk , perex@suse.cz, alsa-devel@alsa-project.org, James@superbug.demon.co.uk, sailer@ife.ee.ethz.ch, linux-sound@vger.kernel.org, zab@zabbo.net, kyle@parisc-linux.org, parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org, jgarzik@pobox.com, Thorsten Knabe , zwane@commfireservices.com, zaitcev@yahoo.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] schedule obsolete OSS drivers for removal In-Reply-To: <200601031522.06898.s0348365@sms.ed.ac.uk> Message-ID: References: <20050726150837.GT3160@stusta.de> <200601031441.27519.s0348365@sms.ed.ac.uk> <200601031522.06898.s0348365@sms.ed.ac.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1218 Lines: 34 >> Well, I am able to open /dev/dsp multiple times here without problems. >> (Is /dev/dsp soft- or hardmixing?) > >As far as I'm aware, it depends on your hardware. For example, software mixing >kicks in with zero configuration on most hardware that won't mix in hardware, >e.g. my laptop's i810 audio. > >ogg123 -q --device=oss 01\ -\ Good\ Times\ Bad\ Times.ogg > >Works, but then: > >ogg123 -q --device=oss 01\ -\ Good\ Times\ Bad\ Times.ogg >Error: Cannot open device oss Oh well this does work for me. >This is all a little OT for this thread, but it's certainly the case with >alsa-lib-1.0.10 on 2.6.15-rc7. My card isn't capable of hardware mixing, >yours might be (SBLive!/Audigy or something). CS46XX. According to alsamixer info, it has 31 playback and 1 record channel. Looks like I'm in favor of hardware mixing. But hey, you have not lost anything using the OSS emulation. With OSS, I could not even have hardware mixing on cs46xx! Jan Engelhardt -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/