Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] Still I cannot understand why...
From: Dan Hollis (goemon_AT_anime.net)
Date: Tue Dec 18 2001 - 01:15:37 EET
On Tue, 18 Dec 2001, Jussi Laako wrote:
> Btw. OSS follows the original unix idea and POSIX rule of "everything is a
> file" very well. It works with open()/read()/write()/close() as the other
> devices do. And it's controlled via ioctl() as it should.
Tell us how to cleanly fit multichannel cards eg RME or ice1712 into this
OSS model.
Hint: "everything is a file" does not work well for all cases. The trick
is knowing when to do it and when not.
-Dan
-- [-] Omae no subete no kichi wa ore no mono da. [-]
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