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Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2002 09:59:18 -0600
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From: Richard Gooch <rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca>
To: Eduard Bloch <edi@gmx.de>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Too many mixer devices in devfs
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Eduard Bloch writes:
> Hello,
> 
> I noticed this behaviour in 2.4.18 and it is still reproducible with
> 2.4.19pre8. With devfs, the /dev/sound/ directory allways contains four
> mixer devices, even when all sound drivers are unloaded. There are also
> other device files that do not appear and disappear when not needed. If
> this is a feature (what I doubt), then it is a very bad one. It is not
> consitent with default devfs behaviour or even other versions of it.
> 
> # ls /dev/sound
> audio
> dspW
> mixer0
> mixer1
> mixer2
> mixer3
> sequencer
> sequencer2

I don't see this behaviour on my box. I get exactly the devices I
expect. I have the es1371 driver. Perhaps your driver has been broken
in a recent patch. Go find out who hacked it last and harass them :-)

				Regards,

					Richard....
Permanent: rgooch@atnf.csiro.au
Current:   rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca
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